The antecedents of CIO role effectiveness in organizations: An empirical study in the healthcare sector

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-222

  Smaltz, Detlev Herb ^a   Sambamurthy, V ^b   Agarwal, Ritu ^c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chief information officer (CIO) capability; CIO role effectiveness; CIO roles; CIO top management team (TMT) engagements; Healthcare industry; Partial least squares; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (CIO); CIO ROLE EFFECTIVENESS; CIO-TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM (TMT) ENGAGEMENTS; HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 33646062255     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2006.872248     Document Type: Article

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