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Offshore Information Systems Project Success: The Role Of Social Embeddedness And Cultural Characteristics, Arun Rai, Likoebe M. Maruping, Viswanath Venkatesh

Computer Information Systems Faculty Publications

Agency theory has served as a key basis for identifying drivers of offshore information system project success. Consequently, the role of relational factors in driving project success has been overlooked in this literature. In this paper, we address this gap by integrating the social embeddedness perspective and the culture literature to theorize how and why relational factors affect the success of offshore IS projects that are strategic in nature. We identify organizational and interpersonal cultural differences as critical success factors in this context. Using data from a longitudinal field study of 155 offshore IS projects managed by 22 project leaders, …