Contingency Theory retains a central place in organization and management research, but the concept organizational fit is treated generally in a relatively static and unidimensional manner, a manner that is incommensurate with the dynamic and often unpredictable, disruptive, multicontingency nature of organizational contexts today. Organizations address multiple, shifting contingency factors si...

This work is based on studies by Burns & Stalker (1960) and Lawrence Lorsch (1967), who contributed with the use of variable “environment” to define organizational structures in companies. In terms division labor factor, results confirmed that structure model classified as a mechanical structure. other factors, company presents evidence two models structure, both organic. It can be said fin...

Expectancy value theory holds that goal-directed behavior is a function of (a) expectations—the belief that performance depends on effort, (b) instrumentality—the belief that outcome depends on performance, and (c) outcome value—the value attached to achieving the outcome. The present research provides a direct test of two factors involved in the instrumentality component: the contingency betwe...

Strategic planning of information systems is vital in the business environment and this is still an open issue in the management information systems research. Through planning, organisations develop effective long-term use of information systems and subsequently ensuring the support of organisational objectives. This chapter develops a contingency model for measuring the success of strategic in...

Historically, cognitivists considered moral choices to be determined by analytic processes. Recent theories, however, have emphasized the role of intuitive processes in determining moral choices. We propose that the engagement of analytic and intuitive processes is contingent on the type of tradeoff being considered. Specifically, when a tradeoff necessarily violates a moral principle no matter...

The right interpretation of subjective probability is implicit in the theories of upper and lower odds, and upper and lower previsions, developed, respectively, by Cedric Smith (1961) and Peter Walley (1991). On this interpretation you are free to assign contingent events the probability 1 (and thus to employ conditionalization as a method of probability revision) without becoming vulnerable to...

This paper develops a contingent model of IS implementation in which the contributions of innovation characteristics and implementation process are contingent upon the implementation context. Different assumptions regarding the implementation context implicit in the innovation characteristics and implementation process theories are identified and a contingent model within which to integrate the...

We consider connected Markov chain for sampling 3 × 3 × K contingency tables having fixed two-dimensional marginal totals. Such sampling arises in performing various tests of the hypothesis of no three-factor interactions. Markov chain algorithm is a valuable tool for evaluating p values, especially for sparse data sets where large-sample theory does not work well. For constructing a connected ...

The ability to predict IT usage behavior has been an important area of inquiry in IS research for many years. Yet, to date, the predominant approach has been on the conscious cognitive aspect of this behavior. Consequently, the primary focus has been on the formation of intentions and its impact on the subsequent behavior of IT usage almost to the exclusion of other factors. The purpose of this...