This study introduces the concept of outsourcing appropriation based on adaptive structuration theory (AST) to explore how organizations attain IT-dependent organizational agility through outsourcing appropriation. It examines the mediating role of IT alignment and the moderating roles of the adoption of cloud computing and knowledge transfer. The proposed model was tested using survey data from a sample of 170 IT executives. Our results indicate that the consensus of appropriation (COA) and faithfulness of appropriation (FOA) are positively associated with IT-dependent organizational agility, and the relationships are partially mediated by IT alignment. When adoption of cloud computing is high, the positive relationship between IT alignment and IT-dependent organizational agility becomes stronger than when it is low. Interestingly, results also show that the moderating roles of the transfer of explicit knowledge and transfer of tacit knowledge in the relationship between outsourcing appropriation and IT-dependent organizational agility vary significantly. The transfer of explicit knowledge negatively moderates the relationship between COA and agility. The transfer of tacit knowledge positively moderates the relationship between FOA and agility. These findings deepen our understanding of how organizations gain IT-dependent organizational agility in the context of IT outsourcing.

本研究基于适应性结构理论（AST）引入外包拨款的概念，探讨组织如何通过外包拨款获得依赖 IT 的组​​织敏捷性。它考察了 IT 协调的中介作用以及采用云计算和知识转移的调节作用。使用来自 170 名 IT 高管样本的调查数据对提议的模型进行了测试。我们的结果表明，拨款共识 (COA) 和拨款忠实度 (FOA) 与依赖 IT 的组​​织敏捷性呈正相关，并且这种关系部分由 IT 一致性调节。当云计算采用率较高时，IT 一致性与 IT 依赖的组织敏捷性之间的正相关关系比采用率较低时更强。有趣的是，结果还表明，显性知识转移和隐性知识转移在外包拨款和依赖 IT 的组​​织敏捷性之间的关系中的调节作用显着不同。显性知识的转移消极地调节了 COA 和敏捷性之间的关系。隐性知识的转移正向调节 FOA 与敏捷性之间的关系。这些发现加深了我们对组织如何在 IT 外包环境中获得依赖于 IT 的组​​织敏捷性的理解。显性知识的转移消极地调节了 COA 和敏捷性之间的关系。隐性知识的转移正向调节 FOA 与敏捷性之间的关系。这些发现加深了我们对组织如何在 IT 外包环境中获得依赖于 IT 的组​​织敏捷性的理解。显性知识的转移消极地调节了 COA 和敏捷性之间的关系。隐性知识的转移正向调节 FOA 与敏捷性之间的关系。这些发现加深了我们对组织如何在 IT 外包环境中获得依赖于 IT 的组​​织敏捷性的理解。