EFFECTIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE DETERMINANTS: A STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF TOP MANAGEMENT IN IT AND INTERNAL CONTROL.

In recent year, organizations are increasingly dependent on information technology to remain competitive. Within the framework of corporate governance, IT governance becomes the primary and integral part of successful implementation of corporate governance overall. IT governance ensures the efficient an effective measure to increase the company's business process Obtaining the sample data by using questionnaire of 13 banks with 70 respondents, this research examined the influences of two proposed IT governance mechanisms, which are involvement of top management in IT and Internal Control on the overall effectiveness of IT governance. Using Multiple Regression techniques, this research found significant influence between effectiveness of IT governance and IT governance mechanisms: involvement of top management in IT and found not significant influence which is internal control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]