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The Fractional CIO in SMEs: conceptualization and research agenda

  • We conceptualize the new phenomenon of the Fractional Chief InformationOfficer (CIO) as a part-time executive who usually works for more than one pri-marily small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) and develop promising avenuesfor future research on Fractional CIOs. We conduct an empirical study by drawingon semi-structured interviews with 40 individuals from 10 different countries whooccupy a Fractional CIO role. We derive a definition for the Fractional CIO, dis-tinguish it from other forms of employment, and compare it with existing researchon CIO roles. Further, we find four salient engagement types of Fractional CIOsoffering value for SMEs in various situations: Strategic IT management, Restruc-turing, Rapid scaling, and Hands-on support. The results reveal similarities withexisting CIO roles as well as novel insights concerning the different engagementtypes. Lastly, we propose a research agenda for the Fractional CIO field, based onfour research themes derived from existing CIO research and insights from theinterviews.

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Author:Markus WestnerORCiDGND, Simon Kratzer, Andreas Drechsler, Susanne Strahringer
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-022-00557-4
Parent Title (English):Information Systems and e-Business Management
Publisher:Springer
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2022
Release Date:2022/07/07
Tag:Fractional CIO; IT leadership; Interim management; Part-time management; SMEs; Small businesses; Virtual CIO
Volume:20
First Page:581
Last Page:611
Institutes:Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik
Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik / Regensburg Strategic IT Management (ReSITM)
Begutachtungsstatus:peer-reviewed
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik
OpenAccess Publikationsweg:Hybrid Open Access - OA-Veröffentlichung in einer Subskriptionszeitschrift/-medium
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International