Citation:
Chakrabarty, S. 2006. A conceptual model for bidirectional service, information and product quality in an IS outsourcing collaboration environment. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 06), Vol. 01: 7b. Hawaii: IEEE Computer Society.
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2006.7
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Abstract:
This paper advances theory on the process of collaboration between entities and its implications on the quality of services, information, and/or products (SIPs) that the collaborating entities provide to each other. It investigates the scenario of outsourced IS projects (such as custom software development) where the extent of collaboration between a client and vendor is high. Using the social exchange theory, the proposed conceptual model tries to establish the "bidirectional" nature of SIP quality in a collaborative environment, where the SIPs exchanged are possibly "dependent" on each other, and if any entity wishes to receive high SIP quality then it should make efforts to provide high SIP quality in return too. Furthermore, it advocates increasing efforts to link financial stakes (tangible or intangible monetary benefits or risks) to the quality of SIP being continuously exchanged throughout the project lifecycle.
Keywords:
Bidirectional,
Outsourcing,
Service Quality,
Relationship Quality,
Product Quality,
Collaboration,
Cross-border,
Cross-organizational,
information technology,
IT,
software development,
project,
lifecycle
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