887 Copyright © 2013, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. Chapter 49 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1945-6.ch049 INTRODUCTION Overview Governance, in general terms, can be understood as the act or process of governing, specifically on the authoritative direction or control. The term “IT governance” as it is known today surfaced in the early 1990s with Loh and Venkatraman (1992) and Henderson and Venkatraman (1993) using the term to describe the mechanisms to ensure attainment of necessary IT capabilities. In this paper, the terms IS and IT are used interchangeably. The definition of IT governance in this context is based upon the following: Wil Ly Teo Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Khong Sin Tan Multimedia University, Malaysia Adoption of Information Technology Governance in the Electronics Manufacturing Sector in Malaysia ABSTRACT Past studies and surveys of top management in business and information technology (IT) have shown the importance of strong IT governance in delivering results to the business. This research investigates the extent to which empirical results from past studies is applicable to the electronics manufacturing sector in Malaysia. Empirical evidence from 33 organisations in this sector indicates that having the right deci- sion owners making appropriate decision types lead to better IT governance performance. Organisations with growth as their primary goal demonstrate marginally higher IT governance performance, contrary to expected outcomes. The research also shows that awareness of industry IT governance frameworks is not related to IT governance performance. We conclude that adoption of IT governance is on track, though familiarity with technicalities of the available frameworks should be improved.