IS

Depledge, Gordon

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List of Topics (3)

Topic Weight Topic Terms
0.221 project projects failure software commitment escalation cost factors study problem resources continue prior escalate overruns
0.172 model research data results study using theoretical influence findings theory support implications test collected tested
0.162 information research literature systems framework review paper theoretical based potential future implications practice discussed current

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Keil, Mark 1 Smith, H. Jeff 1

Article Keywords (4)

information system development 1 mum effect 1 project management 1 whistle-blowing 1

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Keeping Mum as the Project Goes Under: Toward an Explanatory Model. (Journal of Management Information Systems, 2001)
Authors: Abstract:
    The problem of "runaway" information systems (IS) projects can be exacerbated by the reluctance of organizational members to transmit negative information concerning a project and its status. Drawing upon relevant bodies of literature, this paper presents a model of the reluctance to report negative project news and develops hypotheses to be tested. An experiment, which was designed to test these hypotheses for both internal and external reporting alternatives, is then described. Two factors are manipulated: (1) the level of impact associated with project failure should an individual fail to report negative information, and (2) the level of observed behavioral wrongdoing associated with the project. The results explain a significant portion of the variance in the reluctance to report negative information and suggest that some differences in internal and external reporting behavior. Implications for research and practice are discussed.