Innovative usage of information technology in Singapore organizations: do CIO characteristics make a difference?

Author

Li, Yan ; Chuan-Hoo Tan ; Teo, Hock-Hai ; Tan, Bernard C Y

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Volume

53

Issue

2

fYear

2006

fDate

5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

190

Abstract

Based on the upper echelon theory, this paper studies the relationship between the individual characteristics of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and organizational innovative usage of information technology (IT) by examining both the CIO´s demographic characteristics and personality traits. Survey results from 89 CIOs strongly support our proposition. A CIO´s personality traits of openness and extraversion and CIO´s demographic characteristics of educational level have strong impact on the organizational innovative usage of IT even after controlling for organizational variables such as the organization´s business strategy, outsourcing of IT operations, IT department age, and IT budget relative to revenue. This paper contributes to the age-old debate on whether managers matter in deciding an organization´s strategy.

Keywords

innovation management; organisational aspects; strategic planning; CIO demographic characteristics; CIO personality traits; Singapore organizations; chief information officer; information technology; organizational innovative usage; upper echelon theory; Demography; Educational products; Engineering management; Engineering profession; Environmental economics; Financial management; Industrial relations; Information technology; Innovation management; Outsourcing; Chief information officer (CIO); information technology (IT); personality traits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9391

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TEM.2006.872250

Filename

1624426