Antecedents and effects of CIO supply-side and demand-side leadership: A staged maturity model

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 231-272

  Chen, Daniel Q ^a   Preston, David S ^a   Xia, Weidong ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chief information officer; exploitation; exploration; IT functional impact; IT leadership; staged maturity model; strategic value of IT; structural equation modeling; survey research

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; EXPLOITATION; IT FUNCTIONAL IMPACT; IT LEADERSHIP; MATURITY MODEL; STRATEGIC VALUES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SURVEY RESEARCH;

COMPETITION;

EID: 77955014670     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222270110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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