A Study of the Effect of Organizational IQ on IT Investment and Productivity

Author

Riera, Christian G. ; Iijima, Junichi

Author_Institution

Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo

fYear

2007

fDate

21-25 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

4185

Lastpage

4188

Abstract

In response to the concern regarding IS development and initiatives, this study emphasizes the importance of the context where IS applications are applied. We focus on the organizational context as a principal aspect of this environment and evaluate firm specific characteristics by using organizational intelligence quotient (OIQ). We investigate the impact of OIQ on IT investment and labor productivity. The model is tested on small and medium Japanese enterprises from manufacturing sector. The evidence shows a positive association of OIQ with IT investment and labor productivity. We found that firms with higher levels of OIQ invest more in IT, as well as obtain higher levels of productivity than lower OIQ firms.

Keywords

human resource management; information systems; information technology; investment; manufacturing data processing; productivity; small-to-medium enterprises; IT investment; information systems; labor productivity; manufacturing sector; medium Japanese enterprises; organizational IQ; organizational intelligence quotient; small Japanese enterprises; Business; Companies; Decision making; Electronic design automation and methodology; Industrial relations; Investments; Productivity; Profitability; Technological innovation; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2007. WiCom 2007. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1311-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WICOM.2007.1032

Filename

4340807