AN UPPER ECHELONS PERSPECTIVE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS VALUE

José Fernando López-Muñoz () and Alejandro Escribá-Esteve ()
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José Fernando López-Muñoz: Jaume I University (España)
Alejandro Escribá-Esteve: Universidad de Valencia (España)

European Research on Management and Business Economics (ERMBE), 2017, vol. 23, issue 3, 173-181

Abstract: This paper argues that information technology (IT) outcomes are more valuable to companies when their top management team (TMT) moves from flirting with IT to marriage. Previous research has demonstrated an association between top management support (TMS) and IT value. We extend the concept of TMS with the imbrication metaphor to define the construct of TMT-IT imbrication, which allows us to account for a tighter and continuous entwining of the TMT and IT to create IT value. Our definition of the TMT-IT imbrication construct embraces four dimensions: involvement, participation, attention, and use. In addition, with the support of upper echelons (UE) theory, we explore certain managerial traits, competences, and team processes that may be antecedents of this imbrication. As a result, our work provides a variance model and various propositions rooted in the logic of UE that contribute to research on IT business value. / 0

Keywords: IT value; Top management support; Upper echelons; Imbrication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G34 M15 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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