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The end of the information system life:a model of is discontinuance

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Wade, Michael Furneaux, Brent
Abstract	Considerable information systems (IS) research has sought to understand the adoption, implementation, and use of information systems. In contrast, the literature offers only limited insight into end-of-life issues such as those surrounding the nature of, and basis for, organizational IS discontinuance. This situation, in conjunction with the dramatic impact that discontinuance can have on organizational performance and measures of system success, suggests a strong need for further research. Since the absence of sound theoretical frameworks can impede such research, this paper offers a theoretical model of IS discontinuance that seeks to account for organizational intention to discontinue the use of an information system. The model is based on the premise that forces contributing to the formation of discontinuance intentions are opposed by inertial tendencies in favor of the status quo. Environmental change and organizational initiative are posited to be the two broad forces driving an information system toward the end of its useful life. Organizational investments in the system, system embeddedness within the organization, and mimetic isomorphism are then seen to constrain the extent to which change forces lead to the emergence of organizational discontinuance intentions. A series of propositions are offered and related guidance is provided for those interested in pursuing further research. An exploration of how the proposed model can be generalized to other discontinuance decisions such as the decision to terminate the use of an IS standard or management practice is also offered for interested readers.
Starting Page	45
Ending Page	69
Page Count	25
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00950033 15320936
DOI	10.1145/1795377.1795381
Journal	ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems (DATB)
Volume Number	41
Issue Number	2
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2007-02-28
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Information systems discontinuance Information systems management Life cycle decisions
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Management Information Systems Computer Networks and Communications

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