Exploring Tenets of Data Democratization

TL;DR

This paper reviews the core principles of data democratization, identifying key attributes that enable broad data access within organizations, and discusses future empirical testing to develop a comprehensive framework.

Contribution

It provides an in-depth literature review identifying twelve attributes essential for data democratization and proposes future empirical research to develop a practical framework.

Findings

Identified twelve attributes enabling data democratization

Highlights importance of data democratization in organizational decision-making

Lays groundwork for empirical validation of data democratization attributes

Abstract

Data democratization is an ongoing process that broadens access to data and facilitates employees to find, access, self-analyze, and share data without additional support. This data access management process enables organizations to make informed decisions, which in return enhances organizational performance. Technological advancements and extensive market pressure have mandated organizations to transform their traditional businesses into data-driven organizations, focusing on data democratization as a part of their data governance strategy. This paper explores the tenets of data democratization through an in-depth review of the literature. The analysis identified twelve attributes that enable data democratization based on the literature review. Future work will focus on testing and further empirically investigating these to develop a framework for the data democratization process to overcome the challenges.