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Influential Factors for COBIT Adoption Intention: An Empirical Analysis

  • Jo, Yoon-Sung (Graduate School of Information Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Hoon (Graduate School of Information Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Min (Graduate School of Information Yonsei University)
  • Received : 2010.10.11
  • Accepted : 2010.12.20
  • Published : 2010.12.28
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Abstract

In recent years, IT organizations are in the process of introducing IT Governance as the concept and measure of transparency, accountability and effectiveness of IT activities and control for managing governance processes. In this paper, the influential factors for IT organizations to adopt COBIT(The Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) which is a typical framework for effective IT Governance execution were classified and analyzed empirically into internal and external factors. Internal factors were designed based on influential factors in the theory of innovation diffusion, and external factors were designed based on influential factors from outside certification which were absent in COBIT and expertise support from the outside. The result of this study showed that understandability, transition and effectiveness which were internal factors had no effect on COBIT introduction, and only expertise support among certification and expertise support which were external factors had significant effects. This result shows that there are lack of COBIT supports and introduction in internal IT organizations. It is expected that the result of this study will allow strategic approach of COBIT adoption in future by verifying influential factors of COBIT introduction within IT organizations.

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