| Item Type |
Conference or Workshop Item
(Paper)
|
| Abstract |
Organizations constantly adapt their Information Systems (IS) architecture to reflect changes in their environment. In general, such adaptations steadily increase the complexity of their IS architecture, thereby negatively impacting IS efficiency and IS flexibility. Based on a Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) perspective, we present a more differentiated analysis of the impact of IS architecture complexity. We hypothesize the relation between IS architecture complexity on the one hand, and IS efficiency and IS flexibility on the other hand to be mediated by evolutionary and revolutionary IS change. Subsequently, we test our hypotheses through a partial least squares (PLS) approach to structural equation modelling (SEM) based on survey data from 185 respondents. We find that the direct negative impact of IS architecture complexity on IS efficiency and IS flexibility is no longer statistically relevant when also considering the mediating effects of revolutionary and evolutionary IS change. |
| Authors |
Schilling, Raphael; Beese, Jannis; Haki, Kazem; Aier, Stephan & Winter, Robert |
| Research Team |
ACG, IWI1 |
| Projects |
Winter, Prof. Dr. Robert; Aier, Prof. Dr. Stephan; Haki, Prof. Dr. Kazem; Brosius, Maximilian & Schilling, Raphael
(2016)
Dynamics of Institutional Mechanisms in Enterprise-wide Information Systems Architecture
[fundamental research project]
|
| Language |
English |
| Keywords |
Information System Architecture, Complex Adaptive Systems, Evolutionary
IS Change, Revolutionary IS Change, IS Efficiency, IS Flexibility |
| Subjects |
information management |
| HSG Classification |
contribution to scientific community |
| HSG Profile Area |
SoM - Business Innovation |
| Date |
10 December 2017 |
| Event Title |
Thirty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2017) |
| Event Location |
Seoul, South Korea |
| Event Dates |
10.-13.12.2017 |
| Contact Email Address |
raphael.schilling@unisg.ch |
| Depositing User |
Dr. Raphael Schilling
|
| Date Deposited |
10 Nov 2017 08:54 |
| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 17:33 |
| URI: |
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/publications/252518 |
Revisiting the Impact of Information Systems Architecture Complexity: A Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective
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