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dc.contributor.authorKummer, Tyge
dc.contributor.authorSchmeiedel, Theresa
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-11T02:17:33Z
dc.date.available2018-10-11T02:17:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1529-3181
dc.identifier.doi10.17705/1CAIS.03805
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/100573
dc.description.abstractCulture is an important topic in strategic information systems (IS) research, particularly because information technology (IT) projects are often accompanied by cultural challenges. While culture has been widely analyzed in this discipline, there is a lack of research that systematically examines the role of culture in strategic IS research. With a structured literature review, we investigate the relation patterns between culture, strategy, and IS-related concepts in terms of dependent, moderating, and independent variables and the research approach in terms of descriptive, normative, and prescriptive. Four different patterns emerge, each one closely related to specific forms of theorizing and corresponding research designs. Research streams focusing on descriptive explanations of culture’s role are rather exhausted. IS research that builds on a normative understanding of culture exists in selected areas, while theorizing on the prescriptive management of culture has been largely neglected despite the relevance of cultural challenges in IS projects. We derive areas for future research and present two themes that emerged in our study to demonstrate how descriptive and normative approaches can provide a foundation for research on the prescriptive management of culture in strategic IS projects: the management of cultural clashes and the management of cultural identity.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAssociation for Information Systems
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom122
dc.relation.ispartofpageto144
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCommunications of the Association for Information Systems
dc.relation.ispartofvolume38
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInformation Systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLibrary and Information Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunication and Media Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode200199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0806
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0807
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2001
dc.titleReviewing the Role of Culture in Strategic Information Systems Research: A Call for Prescriptive Theorizing on Culture Management
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKummer, Tyge


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