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Sven Carlsson

Professor emeritus

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Inside the mind of an IT champion

Author

  • Sven Carlsson
  • Olgerta Tona
  • Dorothy Leidner

Summary, in English

IT champions have considerable influence on the adoption of a new technology in organisations. A champion engages in a new technology and uses influential tactics to sell and implement it in the organisation. While the importance of IT champions is well documented, very little is understood about how a champion makes sense of a new technology and what sources of beliefs influence the technology commitment of an IT champion. Using an organisation vision lens
at the individual level of analysis, this study investigates individuals who championed the adoption of mobile business intelligence (mBI) in their organisations. Our qualitative analysis suggests that the m- BI organising vision influences IT champions through their m-BI perception and organisational needs perception as they engage in the process of identifying and making sense of the potential of m-BI. Furthermore, an IT champion actively participates and contributes in the organising vision discourse.

Department/s

  • Department of Informatics

Publishing year

2016-06-16

Language

English

Pages

500-511

Publication/Series

Journal of Decision Systems

Volume

25

Issue

S1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Business Administration
  • Human Aspects of ICT

Keywords

  • IT champion
  • organizing vision
  • mobile business intelligence

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2116-7052