Start Date
11-8-2016
Description
Despite contemporary firms’ emphasis on information technology (IT), many IT executives still lack executive team influence enjoyed by other managers. In this study, we examine whether IT executives’ political skill enhances their IT and business knowledge as a means of influencing executive teams’ commitment to strategic and technical IT initiatives. We use Multivariate GLM to empirically examine these relationships using data collected from 139 IT executives. The results suggest IT executives’ business and IT knowledge is significantly related to influencing executive team commitment to strategic and technical IT initiatives but political skill only enhances business knowledge for influencing executive team commitment to technical IT initiatives. We discuss the implications of these results for research and practice.
Recommended Citation
Gerow, Jennifer; Grover, Varun; and Thatcher, Jason, "Power, Politics, and Knowledge: Influencing Executive Teams" (2016). AMCIS 2016 Proceedings. 1.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2016/HumanCap/Presentations/1
Power, Politics, and Knowledge: Influencing Executive Teams
Despite contemporary firms’ emphasis on information technology (IT), many IT executives still lack executive team influence enjoyed by other managers. In this study, we examine whether IT executives’ political skill enhances their IT and business knowledge as a means of influencing executive teams’ commitment to strategic and technical IT initiatives. We use Multivariate GLM to empirically examine these relationships using data collected from 139 IT executives. The results suggest IT executives’ business and IT knowledge is significantly related to influencing executive team commitment to strategic and technical IT initiatives but political skill only enhances business knowledge for influencing executive team commitment to technical IT initiatives. We discuss the implications of these results for research and practice.