Board Level IT Governance: A Scoping Review to Set the Research Agenda

ABSTRACT

Digital transformation is becoming pervasive, resulting in the intertwine of organizational strategy with IT strategy and increasing importance of IT risk. This falls into the domain of the board of directors, who are ultimately accountable for strategy and control. Yet, research shows that the involvement of boards in governing digital assets is low. In order to address this topic, this paper summarizes the state-of-the-art of this research domain and identifies an agenda for future research.

KEYWORDS:

• IT governance
• board of directors
• literature review
• corporate governance
• research agenda

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Notes on contributors

Laura Caluwe

Laura Caluwe, FWO SB PhD fellow, is a PhD candidate in Information Technology Governance at the department of Management Information Systems of the Faculty of Applied Economics at the University of Antwerp. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Business Engineering: Management Information Systems from the University of Antwerp. Her research interests include IT governance and management, and Business/IT alignment.

Steven De Haes

Steven De Haes, PhD, is a Full Professor in Information Systems Management at the University of Antwerp (Faculty of Applied Economics) and Dean of Antwerp Management School. He is actively engaged in teaching and applied research in the domains of Digital Strategies, IT Governance and Management, IT Strategy and Alignment, IT Value and Performance Management, IT Assurance and Audit, and Information Risk and Security.