An Empirical Study of Inter-Organizational Relationship in Condition of Environmental Uncertainty: from View of Information Processing Theory

With changing of environmental uncertainty, inter-organizational coordination and IT support is becoming a trend. Basing on information processing theory (IPT) and empirical studies in 2 large-scale shipbuilding and 4 large-scale automobile companies, this paper explored relationship of environmental uncertainty, inter-organizational coordination, inter-organizational IT support and coordination effectiveness. Managerial implications of the IPT and inter-organizational information systems are also discussed.