A Risk Mitigation Framework for Information Technology Projects: A Cultural Contingency Perspective

dc.contributor.authorMaruping, Likoebe M.en
dc.contributor.authorVenkatesh, Viswanathen
dc.contributor.authorThong, James YL L.en
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Xiaojunen
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-25T13:14:36Zen
dc.date.available2022-05-25T13:14:36Zen
dc.date.issued2019-01-02en
dc.date.updated2022-05-09T02:25:02Zen
dc.description.abstractAs new information technology (IT) platforms continue to emerge, the technical project risk associated with developing IT projects for these platforms is particularly challenging for organizations. We develop a nomological network of people, process, and technology to gain insight into how the effect of technical project risk can be mitigated at the IT project team level. Drawing on cultural contingency theory, the IT project risk framework, and the IT project management literature, we elaborate on the IT project team composition and team processes necessary to mitigate technical project risk. We tested the nomological network by conducting a field study of 325 IT project teams over a 3-year period at a large corporation in China. We found that project risk mitigation processes mediated the effect of IT project teams’ cultural composition on IT project performance, and the effect of these processes on IT project performance was stronger under high levels of technical project risk compared to low levels of such risk. By incorporating the cultural contingency theory into developing a nomological network of technical risk mitigation processes, this work not only contributes to the IT project management literature, but also provides suggestions for practitioners on how to better leverage people, process, and technology in mitigating IT project risks.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 120-157en
dc.format.extent38 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2018.1550555en
dc.identifier.eissn1557-928Xen
dc.identifier.issn0742-1222en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.orcidVenkatesh, Viswanath [0000-0001-8473-376X]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/110325en
dc.identifier.volume36en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
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dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectCOLLABORATIONen
dc.subjectCOORDINATING EXPERTISEen
dc.subjectcultural contingency theoryen
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENTen
dc.subjectIMPACTen
dc.subjectINDIVIDUALISMen
dc.subjectIT projectsen
dc.subjectManagementen
dc.subjectPERFORMANCEen
dc.subjectproject managementen
dc.subjectproject risken
dc.subjectrisk mitigationen
dc.subjectSOFTWAREen
dc.subjectSYSTEMS PROJECTSen
dc.subjectteam processesen
dc.subjecttechnical risken
dc.subjectVALUESen
dc.subjectteam cultureen
dc.titleA Risk Mitigation Framework for Information Technology Projects: A Cultural Contingency Perspectiveen
dc.title.serialJournal of Management Information Systemsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-01-01en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Businessen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/Business Information Technologyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/PCOB T&R Facultyen

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