Coordination of information systems plans with business plans
Journal of Management Information Systems
Understanding the CEO/CIO relationship
MIS Quarterly
Enablers and inhibitors of business-IT alignment
Communications of the AIS
Information Systems Research
Alignment Between Business and IS Strategies: A Study of Prospectors, Analyzers, and Defenders
Information Systems Research
A Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm--The Problem-Solving Perspective
Organization Science
Executives' perceptions of the business value of information technology: a process-oriented approach
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue: Impacts of information technology investment on organizational performance
The chief information officer: a study of managerial roles
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information Polity - Innovation and ICT in Public Policy - papers from the European Group for Public Administration Conference 2008
An examination of the antecedents and consequences of organizational IT innovation in hospitals
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Uncovering and testing archetypes of effective public sector CIOs
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
The antecedents of IT-business alignment in manufacturing firms
International Journal of Business Information Systems
Antecedents and Effects of CIO Supply-Side and Demand-Side Leadership: A Staged Maturity Model
Journal of Management Information Systems
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information systems strategy: Past, present, future?
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
IS development/IT operations alignment in system development projects: a multi-method research
International Journal of Business Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
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Alignment of information systems (IS) strategy with business strategy is a top concern of both the chief information officer (CIO) and the top management team (TMT) of organizations. Even though researchers and key decision makers in organizations recognize the importance of IS strategic alignment, they often struggle to understand how this alignment is created. In this paper, we develop a nomological network in which shared understanding between the CIO and TMT about the role of IS in the organization (which represents the social dimension of IS strategic alignment) is posited to be a proximal antecedent of the intellectual dimension of IS strategic alignment. We further posit that shared language, shared domain knowledge manifest in the CIO's business knowledge and the TMT's strategic IS knowledge, systems of knowing (structural and social), and CIO-TMT experiential similarity are important determinants of this shared understanding. Data were collected from 243 matched CIO-TMT pairs. Results largely support the proposed nomological network. Specifically, shared understanding between the CIO and TMT is a significant antecedent of IS strategic alignment. Furthermore, shared language, shared domain knowledge, and structural systems of knowing influence the development of shared understanding between the CIO and the TMT. Contrary to expectations and to findings of prior research, social systems of knowing, representing informal social interactions between the CIO and TMT, and experiential similarity did not have a significant effect on shared understanding.