Subverting Organisational IT Policy: A Case in China

Robert M. Davison; Carol X.J. Ou

Subverting Organisational IT Policy: A Case in China

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Studies of the dark side of Information Systems are encountered with increasing frequency. In this paper, we investigate how selected hotel employees in China deliberately subvert IT Policy in order to gain access to the IT applications that they believe essential to work. Following a review of the literature on IT Governance, resistance and subversion, we engage in an interpretive case study of employee practices, drawing on the Work Systems framework to analyse employees' work practices and subversive behaviour. We suggest that subversive IT behaviour may be more common than the limited literature would suggest and encourage researchers to probe these organisational practices and solutions in depth.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	AMCIS 2015 Proceedings
Publisher	Association for Information Systems
ISBN (Electronic)	9780996683104
Publication status	Published - Aug 2015
Event	21st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2015) - Fajardo, Puerto Rico Duration: 13 Aug 2015 → 15 Aug 2015 https://archives.aisconferences.org/amcis2015/amcis2015/ https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2015/ http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/

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Conference	21st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2015)
Place	Puerto Rico
City	Fajardo
Period	13/08/15 → 15/08/15
Internet address	https://archives.aisconferences.org/amcis2015/amcis2015/ https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2015/ http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/

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