Role of information technology in enabling managerial dynamic capabilities

Majhi, Siddharth Gaurav and Mukherjee, Arindam and Anand, Ambuj (2021) Role of information technology in enabling managerial dynamic capabilities. VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems.

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Abstract

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to explicate the role played by information technology (IT)inenablingmanagerialdynamiccapabilities.Bydoingso,thispaperseekstoaddressacriticaltheoretical gapregardingIT’sroleinenablingdynamiccapabilities(DCs).DCsareknowledge-intensiveandinformationintensive processes and play a crucial role in facilitating strategic renewal of firms operating in volatile, uncertain,complexandambiguousbusinessenvironments.AlthoughmanagersplayacentralroleintheDCs framework,extantresearchhasonlyfocusedontheroleofITinenablingfirm-levelandprocess-levelDCs. Design/methodology/approach – This conceptual paper uses the literatures on dynamic managerial capabilities, individual-level information system use, social capital, humancapital, managerial cognition and technology-enabled learning to build propositions that link managerial IT use with the enablement of dynamicmanagerialcapabilities. Findings – This paper introduces a new construct called individual IT leveraging capability (IILC) and provides theoretically grounded arguments that link IILC with managerial social capital, managerial cognition and managerial human capital. It also explicates the relationships between managerial social capital, managerial cognition and managerial human capital and the dynamic managerial capabilities of sensing,seizingandreconfiguring. Research limitations/implications – The establishment of the linkage between IT and dynamic managerialcapabilitiesextendstheliteratureonthebusinessvalueofIT.Thisworkalsoaddstotheliterature on dynamic managerial capabilities by providing a theoretically grounded argument that IT can act as an antecedentofsuchcapabilities. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is arguably the first to theorize the roleofITinenablingmanagerialDCandthusaddressesacriticalgapinacademicresearchliterature.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Dynamic capabilities;Dynamic managerial capabilities;Individual ITuse; IT-enabled dynamic capabilities
Subjects:	Management Information Systems Management Information Systems > Information systems
Divisions:	Operations and Information Science
Depositing User:	Mr. Muralidhara D
Date Deposited:	17 Mar 2021 04:46
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2021 04:46
URI:	http://tapmi.informaticsglobal.com/id/eprint/718

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