What affects information systems development team performance? An exploratory study from the perspective of combined socio-technical theory and coordination theory

  • Authors:

  • Yaobin Lu;Chunjie Xiang;Bin Wang;Xiaopeng Wang

  • Affiliations:

  • School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;College of Business Administration, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX 78539, USA;IBM Systems and Technology Group, Essex Junction, VT 05402, USA

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Quality is an important factor in information systems development (ISD), and ISD team performance closely relates to quality. To better understand ISD teams, we empirically tested a model on ISD team performance by combining socio-technical theory and coordination theory. Using existing empirical studies and data collected from three well-known ISD companies in China, our research results identified influential characteristics of ISD team performance, and revealed similarities and differences between China's ISD team performance and those in other countries. By the results, we find that knowledge sharing and major do not affect team performance. The compensation satisfaction to job performance is not significant in China, either. Our research provides suggestions for building and supporting ISD teams that could lead to performance improvements.