“…Prior studies have argued that the more comprehensive SISP is conducted in internal and external environments where uncertainty prevails the likelier it will be successful (King, 2009;Mirchandani and Lederer, 2012;Newkirk and Lederer, 2007;Sabherwal et al, 2019;Silvius and Stoop, 2013;Spil et al, 2010;Teubner, 2013). Furthermore, it enables organisations to improve effective business and IT alignment (Chi et al, 2005;Hung et al, 2016;Globocnik et al, 2020;Kamariotou and Kitsios, 2019b;Kitsios and Kamariotou, 2019a;Newkirk and Lederer, 2006;Newkirk et al, 2008;Tai et al, 2019) and as a result sustain a superior performance (Merali et al, 2012;Newkirk et al, 2008;Peppard and Ward, 2004;Sabherwal et al, 2019;Salmela et al, 2000;Teubner, 2013). Thus, the following hypothesis is proposed:…”