This study identifies how relational and contractual governance mechanisms differently influence the distinct output of information systems development (ISD) performance at the project level. This study also reveals how the consequence of two modes of inter-organizational relationships (IOR) governance mechanism is affected by the gap of a dyadic partner’s centrality within the network — the client’s structural power (CSP). We collected dyadic samples of clients and vendors for 107 ISD projects and explored their governance mechanisms and project performances, all of which were evaluated by both parties. Our results first reveal a positive relationship between relational (or contractual) governance and qualitative (or quantitative) performance, respectively, but not vice versa. Second, the results incorporating a structural position within the network reveal that CSP facilitates the efficacy of relational governance to lead the quantitative performance, but surprisingly, CSP also mitigates the efficacy of contractual governance.

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治理机制与结构权力匹配：来自信息系统开发项目的证据

本研究确定了关系和合同治理机制如何不同地影响项目级别的信息系统开发 (ISD) 绩效的不同输出。本研究还揭示了两种组织间关系 (IOR) 治理机制模式的后果如何受到网络中二元合作伙伴中心性差距的影响——客户的结构权力 (CSP)。我们为 107 个 ISD 项目收集了客户和供应商的二元样本，并探索了他们的治理机制和项目绩效，所有这些都经过了双方的评估。我们的结果首先分别揭示了关系（或合同）治理与定性（或定量）绩效之间的正相关关系，但反之则不然。第二，