01587nas a2200181   4500008004100000245010400041210006900145260000900214300001200223490000700235520102800242653001501270653000801285100001901293700002001312700001901332856005401351       2014                        eng d00aIT Artifact Bias: How exogenous predilections influence organizational information system paradigms0 aIT Artifact Bias How exogenous predilections influence organizat  c2014  a427-4360 v343 aEfforts in IS research have long sought to bridge the gap between the information technology (IT) function and strategic business interests. Efforts in IS research have long sought to bridge the gap between the information technology (IT) function and the strategic business interests. People perceive affordances (possibilities for action) in information technology artifacts differently as cognitive structures (schema) which bias individual focus. This study explores how an individual’s tendency to perceive the ‘trees’ in an IT ‘forest’ (artifact preference), affects their assessment of efforts to achieve more effective IT outcomes. The effect is demonstrated using a relatively simple IT success model. Further, in a sample of 120 survey responses supported by ten semi-structured interviews we demonstrate that job role and organizational IT complexity systematically impact artifact perception. A better understanding of IT artifact bias promises to help organizations better assess information systems.10aAccounting10aBIS1 aCurry, Michael1 aMarshall, Byron1 aKawalek, Peter  uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2014.02.005