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Factors for Fractional CIO Engagement Success

  • As small- to medium-sized enterprises struggle with IT management, an increasing number appoint Fractional CIOs, i.e., CIOs that work part-time for multiple organizations simultaneously. We use Q-methodology to empirically evaluate the relative importance of factors for Fractional CIO engagement success and find that trust, top management team support, and the Fractional CIO's integrity are most important. Further, we identify three groups of Fractional CIOs: Strategic IT Advisors, Full-ownership CIOs, and Change Agents. Our results guide organizations when hiring and working with Fractional CIOs and provide the basis for further research on Fractional CIO archetypes.As small- to medium-sized enterprises struggle with IT management, an increasing number appoint Fractional CIOs, i.e., CIOs that work part-time for multiple organizations simultaneously. We use Q-methodology to empirically evaluate the relative importance of factors for Fractional CIO engagement success and find that trust, top management team support, and the Fractional CIO's integrity are most important. Further, we identify three groups of Fractional CIOs: Strategic IT Advisors, Full-ownership CIOs, and Change Agents. Our results guide organizations when hiring and working with Fractional CIOs and provide the basis for further research on Fractional CIO archetypes.

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Author:Simon Kratzer, Markus WestnerORCiDGND, Susanne Strahringer
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2023.103793
ISSN:0378-7206
Parent Title (English):Information & Management
Publisher:Elsevier
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2023
Release Date:2023/04/27
Tag:Engagement Success; Fractional CIO; Q-Methodology; SMEs; Small Businesses; Virtual CIO
Volume:60
Issue:in press
Article Number:103793
Institutes:Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik
Licence (German):Keine Lizenz - Es gilt das deutsche Urheberrecht: § 53 UrhG