Information Technology Innovations: The Role of Cumulative Experience and Performance Feedback

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (1) ◽  
pp. 18030
Author(s):  
Nilesh Saraf ◽  
Srabana Dasgupta ◽  
Pooria Assadi
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Performance Feedback ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Cumulative Experience

scholarly journals The role of performance feedback consistency in aspiration level adaptation: Evidence from a European grocery retailer

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-29
Author(s):  
Burak Cem Konduk
Keyword(s):  
Performance Feedback ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Aspiration Level ◽  
Performance Targets ◽  
Aspiration Levels ◽  
Organizational Attention ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

This study investigates whether and how the impact of drivers of aspiration levels changes across the cases of consistent and inconsistent performance feedback within the context of a retailer. Analysis of internal corporate data shows that while past aspiration level and performance–aspiration gap positively influence the current aspiration level in the case of inconsistent feedback, performance feedback consistency changes only the impact of performance relative to peers. This study replicates past research in a different industry and country due to limited empirical evidence, introduces real-world complexity into aspiration theory, pinpoints performance–aspiration gap as the primary performance feedback, introduces a new sign for the impact of performance relative to peers, and reconciles its previously detected mixed impact. The findings suggest that organizational attention has an inward focus in the case of inconsistent feedback. The results also point out that leaders can trigger change through a performance outcome that lags behind the corresponding aspiration level rather than the performance of peers and eventually move their organizations toward high performance targets by starting with feasible rather than stretch goals.

Role of Self-Concept of Academic Attainment in Achievement-Related Behaviors

1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Midkiff ◽  
Joy Patricia Burke ◽  
Jeanne P. Hunt ◽  
Geraldine Cain Ellison
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Performance Feedback ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Academic Attainment ◽  
Performance Outcome ◽  
Academic Task ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Expectancy For Success

Researchers have reported that self-concept serves both as an antecedent and consequence of behavior. Given self-concept's role in achievement-related behavior, we sought clarification of factors influencing children's self-concepts of academic attainment. We examined proposed linkages among self-concept of academic attainment, academic achievement, expectancy for success, and performance outcome within a causal model using path analysis. Subjects were 208 eighth-grade students. Initial self-concept of academic attainment and initial expectancy for success were measured. Students then were given an academic task followed by performance feedback. We subsequently measured postperformance expectancy for success and postperformance self-concept of academic attainment. Students' postperformance self-concepts of academic attainment were influenced primarily by their initial self-concepts of academic attainment and, to a lesser extent, by their academic achievement and performance on an academic task.

Information Technology Governance: Reflections on the Past and Future Directions

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla L. Wilkin ◽  
Robert H. Chenhall
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Organizational Capability ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Technology Governance ◽  
Information Technology Governance ◽  
Organizational Perspective ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Role Of It

ABSTRACT This study investigates the extant literature concerned with Information Technology Governance (ITG), published in leading accounting and management information systems journals, in the period 2005 to 2017. While recent research into ITG has taken a more holistic organizational perspective, the essence remains people, product, processes, and performance. Our review reveals ITG's increasingly dual role in improving organizational capability and performance, as well as controlling and monitoring outcomes. Findings show that ITG is concerned with both governing of IT and governing through IT, presaging a more defined connection between ITG's five focus areas and Corporate Governance. Other new themes include ITG's role in improving outcomes in intra- and inter-organizational relationships, embryonic efforts to distill a theory of ITG, and emerging scenarios where the evolving role of IT in business activities is creating profound organizational implications and consequently new avenues for ITG.

Managing an Outsourcing Partnership

2010 ◽  
pp. 110-121
Author(s):  
Ulrika H. Westergren
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Interorganizational Trust ◽  
Trust In Technology ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Role Of It ◽  
Role Of Information

This chapter is an attempt to build on and extend existing outsourcing research by focusing on the process of managing an outsourcing partnership. Furthermore, it considers the role of information technology and the importance of establishing interorganizational trust in order to provide a deeper understanding of the partnership outsourcing phenomenon. The outsourcing partnership in focus in this chapter is between Alpha Corp., a large minerals group, and RDC, its remote service provider. The chapter shows that Alpha Corp.’s strategy for creating, maintaining and evolving the partnership with RDC occurs in three different stages: black-boxing of technology, establishing interorganizational trust, and performance based contracting. Given the multiple roles information technology assumes in an outsourcing alliance, this chapter also shows that understanding and managing the role of IT is crucial in maintaining a successful partnership. In addition, given the documented importance of information technology in outsourcing partnerships, there is a need to include trust in technology as yet another dimension in establishing interorganizational trust.

The impact of digitalisation vision and information technology on organisations' innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzana Parveen Tajudeen ◽  
Devika Nadarajah ◽  
Noor Ismawati Jaafar ◽  
Ainin Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
It Integration ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
The Impact

PurposeBased on the dynamic capability theory (DCT), this study examines the role of digitalisation vision and the impact of key information technology (IT) strategies, such as IT flexibility, IT integration and IT agility, on organisations' process innovation capability and the subsequent impact these may have on innovation performance.Design/methodology/approachData for this study were collected from 153 public listed organisations in Malaysia. The survey questionnaire method was used to collect the data from the organisations' representatives.FindingsResults showed that it is important for organisation to have a strategic digitalisation vision to improve their process innovation capabilities. IT agility and IT integration also had a significant positive relationship with the process innovation capabilities of the organisations, which in turn had a positive impact on innovation performance.Originality/valueDigital transformation and innovation are crucial for organisations to survive in the era of Industry 4.0. However previous studies have not captured the role of digitalisation vision, strategic IT components and its impact on process innovation capabilities. The current study filled up the gap and examined these relationships. The outcome of this study provides valuable insights for managers to understand the importance of digitalisation and the need to focus on key IT strategies. Such insights can be used to improve organisations' process capability which is critical for innovation and performance.

The role of joint actions in the performance of IT clusters in Mexico

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isis Gutiérrez-Martínez ◽  
François Duhamel ◽  
Luis F. Luna-Reyes ◽  
Sergio Picazo-Vela ◽  
María Isabel Huerta-Carvajal
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Joint Actions ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relative Scarcity

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to show the importance of joint actions and institutions for collaboration (IFCs) in the development and performance of information technology (IT) business clusters in the context of Mexico. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the literature suggests the types of linkages that the clusters must develop to be successful in the context of emerging countries. Two IT clusters in the region of Puebla and Jalisco are compared to highlight the factors that differentiate successful and less successful clusters in this type of environment. Findings – The presence of an IFC, such as the Jalisco Institute of Information Technology in Jalisco, is a determinant factor of the performance of the IT cluster there, contrary to Puebla. A model of dynamic interactions in clusters is proposed as a result of the analysis of the two cases. Research limitations/implications – Our analysis included clusters from IT industry in Mexico. It needs to be extended to more clusters, more industries and other emerging countries settings for the sake of comparison and generalization. Practical implications – In the context of the relative scarcity of formal institutions in emerging country settings, the purposive collaboration of both private and public sectors in IFCs is necessary to ensure a long-standing development and performance of business clusters. Originality/value – In this article, we show the specific role of institutional arrangements in cluster development and performance in emerging countries, which has seldom been investigated both theoretically and empirically.

scholarly journals Effects of technology adoption on mass customization ability of broad and narrow market firms

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovani José Caetano da Silveira ◽  
Flávio Sanson Fogliatto
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Mass Customization ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Metal Products ◽  
Scope Of The Firm ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Strategic Market

Despite the increasing number of mass customization (MC) studies in the literature and practice, two research gaps still remain. First, there is a lack of empirical studies to test predicted theoretical relationships between MC strategic, technical, and performance aspects (Tu et al., 2001). Second, there is limited understanding about the role of technology, including information technology in MC systems (Åhlström and Westbrook, 1999). This paper investigates the effects of technology adoption on the MC ability of 315 manufacturers of metal products, machinery, and equipment with either narrow or broad strategic market scope. The results suggest that different technologies have different effects on the MC dimensions of product capability and productivity, and that this effect is determined by the market scope of the firm

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