Univrsity Of Tehran Press Journal of Information Technology Management 2980-7972 9 1 2017 03 01 A Comprehensive Framework for Information Technology Governance and Localizing it for Automotive Industry of Iran (Case Study: ATLAS Automotive Holding) ارائۀ چارچوب جامع راهبری فناوری اطلاعات و بومی‌سازی آن برای صنعت خودروی ایران (مطالعۀ موردی: مادرشرکت خودروی اطلس) 143 165 61210 10.22059/jitm.2017.61210 EN Mohammad Mosakhani Associate Prof. in IT, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Amir Manian Associate Prof. in IT, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Jafar Mahmoodi Assistant Prof., Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran MohammadHasan Kargar Ph.D. Candidate in IT., Faculty of Management , University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2016 08 08 Due to the absence of a comprehensive framework for IT governance, the main objective of the study is to identify all components of IT governance and present them in the form of a comprehensive IT governance framework .The localization of provided framework for the automotive industry is the secondary objective of the study. In this regard, the research questions are: what is the comprehensive framework of IT governance? What are the components and dimensions of a comprehensive framework of IT governance? What is the localized comprehensive framework of IT governance for the Iranian automotive industry? All researches on IT governance were investigated using meta-synthesis qualitative method and were limited to 96 selected articles by performing a meta-synthesis process. Then, the five categories, 19 concepts and 79 codes of IT governance were identified through detailed study of these articles. Then, a comprehensive framework of IT governance was presented. For localizing, a questionnaire designed based on the identified IT governance components, and distributed among the automotive industry experts. Statistical hypothesis testing of collected data led to the rejection of cross/functional job rotation component in the automotive industry. To demonstrate the applicability of the framework, the IT governance status of ATLAS holding company was evaluated based on the comprehensive framework that localized for automotive industry. https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_61210_c4b2f62f6c52cf3fcd2eacf0cc3468a3.pdf