The relationship between organisational strategic IT vision and CIO roles: One size does not fit all

Australasian Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 59-89

  Al Taie, Moyassar ^a,b   Lane, Michael ^b   Cater Steel, Aileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chief Information Officer (CIO) Role; CIO's job title; CIO's reporting structure; Contingency approach to leadership; Organisational strategic IT vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903520769     PISSN: 14498618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3127/ajis.v18i2.827     Document Type: Article

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