Information Technologies Competency of Enterprises: A scale adaptation Study

Abstract

Information Technologies (IT) competency of enterprise is considered one of the important aspects for creating competitive advantage. Although some micro level scales measuring IT competency of firms are exist in the literature, in order to fulfill the requirement of a Turkish Scale measuring firm level IT capability by establishing its reliability and validity on Turkish enterprises can provide a significant contribution. This scale development study may be useful for scholar exploring the relationships of IT competency with other variables. In this study, IT competency which is developed by Tippins ve Sohi (2003) is held through three scales named; IT Knowledge, IT Objects and the success of IT operations. At the end of the analysis Turkish version of the IT competency scale is found to be reliable and valid considering two different samples. The first sample comprises the bank officials and managers in Çorum. And second one is consist of the managers of manufacturing industry firms in Ankara

Keywords

• Information technologies competency, scale adaptation, validity, multivariate statistics

İşletmelerde Kaynak Temelli Bilgi Teknolojileri Yetkinliği: Bir Ölçek Uyarlama Çalışması

Abstract

Son yıllarda işletmelerde rekabet avantajı yaratan en önemli hususlardan birisi Bilgi Teknolojileri (BT) yetkinliği olarak görülmektedir. Mikro seviyede firma bazında BT yetkinliğini ölçmeye yönelik yazında bir takım çalışmalar bulunsa da ülkemizde konu üzerinde çalışacak araştırmacıların kullanabileceği, geçerliği ve güvenilirliği Türk firmaları üzerinde denemiş bir ölçeğin derlenerek gerekli testlerin yapılmasının yerli yazında önemli bir açığı kapatacağı ve BT yetkinliği ile diğer bazı değişkenler arasındaki ilişkileri incelemek için araştırmacılara fayda sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir. Bu çalışmada Tippins ve Sohi (2003) tarafından geliştirilen BT Bilgisi, BT Nesneleri ve BT Operasyonları olmak üzere üç boyuttan oluşan ölçek ele alınmıştır. Analizlerin sonucunda BT yetkinliği ölçeğinin Çorum’da bulunan bankalarda çalışan meslek memurları ve yöneticileri ile Ankara’daki imalat sanayi yöneticilerinden oluşan iki farklı örneklem için geçerli ve güvenilir olduğu belirlenmiştir

Keywords

• Bilgi teknolojileri yetkinliği, ölçek uyarlama, geçerlik, çok değişkenli istatistik

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