Information and Management
Aligning MIS with the business goals
Information and Management
Information and Management
Understanding the CEO/CIO relationship
MIS Quarterly
Journal of Management Information Systems
Shaping the future: business design through information technology
Shaping the future: business design through information technology
The CEO/CIO relationship revisited: an empirical assessment of satisfaction with IS
Information and Management
Information systems planning: a model and empirical tests
Management Science
A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling
A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling
Corporate Information Systems Management: Text and Cases
Corporate Information Systems Management: Text and Cases
Internet Business Models and Strategies: Text and Cases
Internet Business Models and Strategies: Text and Cases
Building a successful e-business: the FedEx story
Communications of the ACM - Digital rights management
Dimensionality of the Strategic Grid Framework: the Construct and its Measurement
Information Systems Research
Alignment Between Business and IS Strategies: A Study of Prospectors, Analyzers, and Defenders
Information Systems Research
Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy
Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy
Information technology and internal firm organization: an exploratory analysis
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Establishing mutual understanding in systems design: an empirical study
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue: Information technology and organization design
Investigating the Moderators of the Group Support Systems Use with Meta-Analysis
Journal of Management Information Systems
The Effects of Decision Guidance and Problem Modeling on Group Decision-Making
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information Systems Management
Antecedents of IS Strategic Alignment: A Nomological Network
Information Systems Research
Knowledge search and people with high epistemic curiosity
Computers in Human Behavior
Uncovering and testing archetypes of effective public sector CIOs
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
Conceptual aspects of IT governance in enterprise environment
Proceedings of the 49th SIGMIS annual conference on Computer personnel research
Cultural determinants of media choice for deception
Computers in Human Behavior
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Communication Tools and Communication Outcomes
Journal of Global Information Management
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Convergence (i.e., mutual understanding) between an organization's CEO and CIO is critical to its efforts to successfully exploit information technology. Communication theory predicts that greater communication frequency and channel richness lead to more such convergence. A postal survey of 202 pairs of CEOs and CIOs investigated the effect of communication frequency and channel richness on CEO/ CIO convergence, as well as the effect of convergence on the financial contribution of information systems (IS) to the organization. Convergence was operationalized in terms of the current and future roles of information technology (IT) as defined by the strategic grid. Rigorous validation confirmed the current role as composed of one factor and the future role as composed of three factors (i.e., managerial support, differentiation, and enhancement). More frequent communication predicted convergence about the current role, differentiation future role, and enhancement future role. The use of richer channels predicted convergence about the differentiation future role. Convergence about the current role predicted IS financial contribution. From a research perspective, the study extended theory about communication frequency, media richness, convergence, and the role of IT in organizations. From a managerial perspective, it provided direction for CEOs and CIOs interested in increasing their mutual understanding of the role of IT.