Computing and organizations: what we know and what we don't know
Communications of the ACM - Special section on management of information systems
exploiting information technologies to design more effective organizations
Managers, micros and mainframes: integrating systems for end-users
Highways and traffic: building the telecommunications infrastructure
Managers, micros and mainframes: integrating systems for end-users
An assessment of the contingency theory of management information systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
The impact of information systems on organizations and markets
Communications of the ACM
Examining the computing and centralization debate
Communications of the ACM - Special issue on computer graphics: state of the arts
Intensity of end user computing
ACM SIGMIS Database
Process innovation: reengineering work through information technology
Process innovation: reengineering work through information technology
Journal of Management Information Systems
Shaping the future: business design through information technology
Shaping the future: business design through information technology
The impact of office automation on the organization: some implications for research and practice
Communications of the ACM
Computer information systems and organization structure
Communications of the ACM
Automated welfare client-tracking and service integration: the political economy of computing
Communications of the ACM
Designing Complex Organizations
Designing Complex Organizations
Information technology and internal firm organization: an exploratory analysis
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Understanding Contingencies Associated with the Early Adoption of Customer-Facing Web Portals
Journal of Management Information Systems
Using information systems to improve energy efficiency: Do smart meters make a difference?
Information Systems Frontiers
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The relationship between organizational structures and information technology (IT) has been the subject of much discussion in IS research. While studies have not yielded conclusive results, the importance of examining the relationship between structure and technology is increasing in an environment where organizations are using contemporary IT to redesign themselves in order to compete more effectively. This paper presents a study that examines the relationship between the use of an important class of IT, communications technologies, and organizational structural attributes within a broad contingency context. Hypotheses are proposed, based on theory from the information-processing paradigm examining the mediating role of communications technologies (CT) in the relationship between environmental characteristics and organizational structural characteristics. Data from 153 manufacturing firms are collected and analyzed. The results show that CT seems to play a direct role in reinforcing structures that emerge from environmental dictates. The expanded set of variables considered in this study and the results provide potentially strong implications for future work in this important area.