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BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 553-578Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/BPMJ-11-2017-0331
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Business analytics; Employee attitudes
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the need to engender a positive attitude toward business analytics in order for firms to more effectively transform into data-driven businesses, and for business schools to better prepare future managers. Design/methodology/approach This paper develops and validates a measurement instrument that captures the attitude toward business statistics, the foundation of business analytics. A multi-stage approach is implemented and the validation is conducted with a sample of 311 students from a business school. Findings The instrument has strong psychometric properties. It is designed so that it can be easily extrapolated to professional contexts and extended to the entire domain of business analytics. Originality/value By demonstrating how the advent of the data-driven business era is transforming the DNA and functioning of organizations, this paper highlights the key importance of changing managers' and all employees' (to a lesser extent) mindset and way of thinking.
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