IS Agility Research: An Assessment and Future Directions

Hannu Salmela; Tommi Tapanainen; Abayomi Baiyere; Mikko  Hallanoro; Robert D. Galliers

doi:10.18151/7217458

IS Agility Research: An Assessment and Future Directions

Hannu Salmela, Tommi Tapanainen, Abayomi Baiyere, Mikko Hallanoro, Robert D. Galliers

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Abstract

In this paper, we briefly describe IS agility related research in four established IS research areas: IT infrastructure, IS development, IS organization, and IS personnel. We present a systematic literature review of articles published in leading scientific IS journals during the years 1990-2013. The main contribution of the paper is in the summary of research methods and results of agility related research in the four research streams. Our analysis will provide researchers with a foundation of prior research when designing future studies. Additionally, the paper raises concerns that the dominance of two research streams (i.e., flexible IT infrastructures and agile IS development methods), may overshadow the role of IS personnel characteristics and IS organisation design in agility studies. Future IS agility research could also benefit from studies adopting a broader theoretical perspective to integrate concepts and findings across all four research streams.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECIS 2015 Proceedings
Editors	Jörg Becker, Jan vom Brocke, Marco De Marco
Number of pages	16
Place of Publication	Atlanta, GA
Publisher	Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Publication date	2015
Article number	155
ISBN (Electronic)	9783000502842
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18151/7217458
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	The 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2015 - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany Duration: 26 May 2015 → 29 May 2015 Conference number: 23 http://www.ecis2015.eu/

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Conference	The 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2015
Number	23
Location	Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Münster
Period	26/05/2015 → 29/05/2015
Internet address	http://www.ecis2015.eu/

Keywords

Dynamic Capabilities
IS agility
IS flexibility
Literature Review

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Salmela, H, Tapanainen, T, Baiyere, A, Hallanoro, M & Galliers, RD 2015, IS Agility Research: An Assessment and Future Directions. in J Becker, J vom Brocke & M De Marco (eds), ECIS 2015 Proceedings., 155, Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), Atlanta, GA, The 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2015, Münster, Germany, 26/05/2015. https://doi.org/10.18151/7217458

IS Agility Research: An Assessment and Future Directions. / Salmela, Hannu; Tapanainen, Tommi; Baiyere, Abayomi et al.
ECIS 2015 Proceedings. ed. / Jörg Becker; Jan vom Brocke; Marco De Marco. Atlanta, GA: Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2015. 155.

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