The core components and conceptual framework of IT governance based on quantitative content analysis

Based on the quantitative content analysis of existing literature from year 1996 to year 2010, this article refines twelve core components of the IT governance concept, including corporate governance, enterprise goals, senior managers, governance structure, governance process, relational mechanism, rights & accountability, IT strategy, IT acquisition, performance management, compliance & risk and stakeholders. Then a four-dimensional IT governance conceptual framework with governance body, governance aim, governance area and governance mechanism is reconstructed. The reliability test has validated the proposed concepts and conceptual framework of IT governance.