Effect of Knowledge Sharing on Success of IT Outsourcing

Nowadays, Outsourcing relationship in the area of information technology for local organizations is not an option, but a necessity strategy. By outsourcing, organizations can focus on core functions, decrease their operational costs and technology risk, and to use external sources to achieve the org...

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Main Authors: فرج‌اله رهنورد, جلیل خاوندکار
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Language:English
Published: University of Tehran 2009-02-01
Series:Journal of Information Technology Management
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Online Access:https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_27728_4936d168baad453ce4c5df2826f038a3.pdf
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description Nowadays, Outsourcing relationship in the area of information technology for local organizations is not an option, but a necessity strategy. By outsourcing, organizations can focus on core functions, decrease their operational costs and technology risk, and to use external sources to achieve the organizational objectives. In this research, local organizations in Zanjan province which have outsourcing experience in the area of information technology, were selected as statistical population, to study the effect of knowledge sharing based on outsourcing with regards to contingency approach. Findings of this research showed that knowledge sharing with regards to situational variables, leads to influence success of IT outsourcing. To put it in other words, relationship between knowledge sharing as independent variable and success of IT outsourcing as a dependent variable, is influenced by partnership and organizational capabilities. Therefore, IT outsourcing is a successful strategy if partners through partnership to share their organizational knowledge and by enhancing their organizational capabilities to use the transferred knowledge in an effective way.
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spelling doaj-art-49b002ffcb26402b809ee6c8eeb625082025-08-20T01:50:57ZengUniversity of TehranJournal of Information Technology Management2008-58932423-50592009-02-011127728Effect of Knowledge Sharing on Success of IT Outsourcingفرج‌اله رهنوردجلیل خاوندکارNowadays, Outsourcing relationship in the area of information technology for local organizations is not an option, but a necessity strategy. By outsourcing, organizations can focus on core functions, decrease their operational costs and technology risk, and to use external sources to achieve the organizational objectives. In this research, local organizations in Zanjan province which have outsourcing experience in the area of information technology, were selected as statistical population, to study the effect of knowledge sharing based on outsourcing with regards to contingency approach. Findings of this research showed that knowledge sharing with regards to situational variables, leads to influence success of IT outsourcing. To put it in other words, relationship between knowledge sharing as independent variable and success of IT outsourcing as a dependent variable, is influenced by partnership and organizational capabilities. Therefore, IT outsourcing is a successful strategy if partners through partnership to share their organizational knowledge and by enhancing their organizational capabilities to use the transferred knowledge in an effective way.https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_27728_4936d168baad453ce4c5df2826f038a3.pdfExplicit KnowledgeImplicit KnowledgKnowledge sharingOrganizational CapabilityOutsourcingPartnership
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title Effect of Knowledge Sharing on Success of IT Outsourcing
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Implicit Knowledg
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Organizational Capability
Outsourcing
Partnership
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