Paper
Can Communication and Place Explain Managerial Use of Information?
- Authors:
- Erkki K. Laitinen
- Abstract
- The objective is to analyse the relationship between managerial role, functional area, type of communication, place of doing work, and the use of information. It is hypothesized that managerial work role and functional area of a chief executive officer (CEO) have an influence on the type of communication and the place of doing work which together influence the importance of information. The hypotheses are presented in a form of a research model that is tested using Partial Least Squares (PLS) method for survey data responded by 215 Finnish top managers (CEO) from firms of different industries and size classes. Managerial work is measured by Mintzberg (1973) work roles reflected by importance of twenty tasks. The results show that the managerial role affects the functional area that in turn affects communication and place. The importance of information perspective is associated with the managerial role, and also connected to the functional area. However, it is not associated with communication and place. This is important for information system design because communication and place are exposed to rapid developments in modern society.
- Keywords
- Managerial Role; CEO Work; Communication; Work Place; Information Perspective; Information Scope; Finnish Firms; PLS
- StartPage
- 419
- EndPage
- 430
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