Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.2753/MIS0742-1222290104
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dc.titleContract performance in offshore systems development: Role of control mechanisms
dc.contributor.authorSrivastava, S.
dc.contributor.authorTeo, T.
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-09T03:26:58Z
dc.date.available2013-10-09T03:26:58Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationSrivastava, S., Teo, T. (2012). Contract performance in offshore systems development: Role of control mechanisms. Journal of Management Information Systems 29 (1) : 115-158. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.2753/MIS0742-1222290104
dc.identifier.issn07421222
dc.identifier.urihttp://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/44104
dc.description.abstractAlthough control theory has often been invoked to explain the coordination between client and vendor for information systems development (ISD), insights into its moderating effects for explicating ISD contract performance, especially in the offshore context, is rather limited. Such insights would enable better understanding of variables that have complementary or substitutive effects on performance. Further, the control literature talks about different control modes (e.g., formal and informal control modes classified as behavior, outcome, clan, and self-control modes) without adequately distinguishing among the different control mechanisms enacting each of the control modes. In this research, by explicitly classifying the distinctions that exist within each of the control modes, we uncover the key role played by mechanistic governance in outsourced ISD. Grounding our arguments in the information requirement for performance evaluation, the study theorizes the moderating influence of mechanistic governance on the relationships of contract specificity and relational governance with ISD quality and cost performance. We test the theorized model in a field study comprising 160 offshore ISD projects executed by Indian vendors. Our results establish the significant complementary role of mechanistic governance on the relationships of contract specificity with both cost and quality performance variables. Further, mechanistic governance substitutes the impact of relational governance on cost performance. Thus, the study theoretically as well as empirically establishes the need for conceptualizing mechanistic governance as a viable and significant governance mechanism for offshore ISD contracts. The study also teases out the distinctions between the two prime contract types in vogue for managing offshore ISD contracts, namely, fixed price and time and materials contracts. The study thus contributes not only to control theory but also to the stream of literature examining offshore ISD contracts. Further, the study provides insights to managers on having well-specified contracts and acknowledging the role of mechanistic governance for better performance. © 2012 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved.
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectcontract performance
dc.subjectcontrol mechanisms
dc.subjectcontrol modes
dc.subjectcontrol theory
dc.subjectinteraction effects
dc.subjectoffshoring
dc.subjectoutsourcing
dc.subjectproject governance
dc.subjectsoftwaredevelopment
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentDECISION SCIENCES
dc.description.doi10.2753/MIS0742-1222290104
dc.description.sourcetitleJournal of Management Information Systems
dc.description.volume29
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.page115-158
dc.description.codenJMISE
dc.identifier.isiut000308830800005
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