Organizational context in Information Systems research : Perspectives and components

This paper discusses the perspectives and components of organizational context in the research area of Information Systems (IS) through a comprehensive literature review. Organizational context is an important factor that significantly affects IS usage and its effectiveness, as different components of the organizational context constitute different environments in which IS are developed and implemented. The organizational context components are classified under six perspectives in this paper: general organization, department, project, workflow, individual, and external environment. Discussions of the components and their element examples, which form the status of the given component of organizational context, are given for each of these six perspectives. The findings will provide useful insights regarding the organizational context literature in IS research. © 2011 IEEE.