The Impact of Office Information Systems on Potential Power and Influence

abstarctThis paper explores a model of the impact of office information systems (01S) on potential personal power and influence in an organization. The focus is on how O1S can increase the potential power and influence of an individual. I have drawn from power base theory to identify five bases of power that would, hypothetically, provide the potential for an individual's influence in an organization: (1) resource provision; (2) irreplaceability; (3) authority; (4) network centrality; and (5) expertise. To explore this conceptual model, data were collected from 136 users of well-established office information systems. This pilot study provides general support for our model that the impact of O1S on potential personal influence can be explained through its effects on the five power bases. In particular, the data indicate that network centrality is the most significant contributor to potential personal influence for administrative personnel, while resource provision is the most significant factor for technical personnel.Key Words and Phrases: office information systemsorganizational power Additional informationNotes on contributorsSoonchul LeeSoonchul Lee is an Assistant Professor of MIS at the Hong IK University, Seoul, Korea, and Assistant Professor of MIS at Boston University. He received a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and a Ph.D. in MIS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His major research focus is the impact of information technology on organizational control. His current research interests also include strategic information systems and computeraided approaches to information systems design.

• 저널Journal of Management Information Systems · 8(2) · 135–151
• 토픽Technology Adoption and User Behaviour · Information Systems and Management
• DOI10.1080/07421222.1991.11517924
• 저자Soonchul Lee