Do we have a Data Culture?

The mediating effect of data literacy competence in the relationship between data governance and data-driven culture

“…The adoption of data analytics implies a transformational shift in organizational management processes and decision-making culture (Frisk and Bannister, 2017). While existing literature from Burton (2021), Kremser and Brunauer (2019), and Maja and Letaba (2022) highlights the importance of DG in improving DDC, empirical studies have shown variations in establishing causality between DG and DDC. Some argue that DG is influenced by culture (Hagmann, 2013;Tallon et al, 2013), while others position it as an intermediary element between DG and financial technology (Al-Afeef et al, 2023).…”

“…This entails designing data principles and procedures consistent with organizational contingencies. As pointed out by Kremser and Brunauer (2019), the formal implementation and enforcement of data management authority and data-related assets are policies, standards, procedures, structures, and other initiatives related to data strategies, covering aspects such as storage, security, and sharing of data (Abraham et al, 2019). Often, DG is presented as crucial actions and processes that interact with analyses from multiple perspectives (Abraham et al, 2019;Khatri and Brown, 2010).…”

“…Adopted from organizational culture, the concept of DDC is complex to understand and explain (Gupta and George, 2016). DDC represents a specific form of organizational culture that is realized through data orientation (Kremser and Brunauer, 2019). A data-driven culture emphasizes that organizational decisions are grounded on insights from data, which fosters continuous knowledge and skills acquisition within the organization.…”