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Outsourcing Information Technology: The Role of Social Capital

Outsourcing Information Technology: The Role of Social Capital
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Author(s): James J. Hoffman (Texas Tech University, USA), Eric A. Walden (Texas Tech University, USA)and Mark L. Hoelscher (Texas Tech University, USA)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 8
Source title: Electronic Commerce: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Annie Becker (Florida Institute of Technology, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-943-4.ch119

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Abstract

The current chapter explores the role that one factor, social capital, may have on the success of IT outsourcing. It extends current understanding of outsourcing success and failure by examining the effect of social capital on outsourcing success. The chapter proposes that social capital has potential impact on information technology (IT) outsourcing success. Specifically, it is theorized that social capital has an inverted ā€œUā€ shape relationship with outsourcing success.

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