Culture Influence on IT Governance: What We Have Learned?

Parisa Aasi, Lazar Rusu and Shengnan Han
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Parisa Aasi: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Lazar Rusu: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Shengnan Han: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance (IJITBAG), 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 34-49

Abstract: Managers face enormous challenges today to plan the decision rights and responsibilities in order to reach desired IT behaviors which are aligned with business objectives of organizations. This is known as IT governance and is ranked as one of the firms' top concerns. Not surprisingly, it is crucial for organizations to find the affecting factors on IT governance and solve the problems associated with it. Culture in national, organizational or group level is an affecting factor in organizations that can play a role in IT governance and this role is rarely explored in academic research. This paper provides a literature review investigating the influence of culture on IT governance. The research purpose is to identify how culture and IT governance in the companies can be linked together and promote this area for future research. The literature review is done systematically and the findings are classified by using an IT governance framework with three main components of structures, processes and relational mechanisms. The results indicate there is an influence from national and organizational culture on IT governance. However, the number of studies is very few and there is still a lack of knowledge on how culture can influence IT governance. This research calls upon a further research on culture impact on achieving an effective IT governance implementation in organizations.

Date: 2014
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