Moderated mediation between IT capability and organizational agility

Muhammad Awais Baloch; Fanchen Meng; Muhammad Waseem Bari

doi:10.3233/HSM-17150

Moderated mediation between IT capability and organizational agility

Muhammad Awais Baloch^*
, Fanchen Meng
, Muhammad Waseem Bari

^*Corresponding author for this work

Beijing Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Organizational studies uphold the association between information technology (IT) capability and organizational agility. However, this relation often yields mixed and inconclusive results. This study establishes the links among firms' operational dynamic capability (OPDC), organizational agility and IT capability. Through snowball-sampling technique, data are collected from 298 respondents in the innovative sector of China. The data are analyzed using partial least squares (PLS) and the statistical technique PROCESS. The empirical evidence supports the mediating role that OPDC plays in the relation between IT capability and organizational agility. Moreover, the study identifies the positive moderating role of environmental dynamism in reinforcing the relation between IT capability and OPDC. The results can guide policy makers to enhance IT capability that enables OPDC, thereby leading to increased organizational agility. The study also provides avenues for future research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	195-206
Number of pages	12
Journal	Human Systems Management
Volume	37
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/HSM-17150
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

Information technology capability
PLS-SEM
environmental dynamism
operational dynamic capabilities
organizational agility

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