Title

Mediators between coordination and IS project performance

Authors

Authors

N. Parolia; S. Goodman; Y. Z. Li;J. J. Jiang

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Inf. Manage.

Keywords

horizontal coordination; vertical coordination; leadership empowerment; knowledge transfer; clear mission and objectives; project performance; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONS; Computer Science, Information Systems; Information Science & Library; Science; Management

Abstract

Successful IS projects result from coordination among team members and stakeholders. We examined the effects of horizontal and vertical coordination on project performance. A total of 169 responses from IS project managers listed in the Project Management Institute of the USA were solicited, obtained, and analyzed. The results indicated that horizontal coordination can enhance the level of leadership empowerment and knowledge transfer, and help to clarify the mission and objectives among team members, while vertical coordination can enhance knowledge transfer. The results further suggested that project performance was improved by empowering team members, promoting knowledge transfer among team members and specifying clear mission and project objectives. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Information & Management

Volume

44

Issue/Number

7

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

635

Last Page

645

WOS Identifier

WOS:000250896700003

ISSN

0378-7206

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