HUMANS AND TECHNOLOGY: FORMS OF CONJOINED AGENCY IN ORGANIZATIONS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Murray, Alex; Rhymer, Jen; Sirmon, David G.
• 署名单位: University of Oregon; Stanford University; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.2019.0186
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 552-571
• 关键词: information-technology; artificial-intelligence; routines; COORDINATION; capabilities; KNOWLEDGE; patterns; game; go; BOUNDARIES

摘要

Organizations are increasingly deploying technologies that have the ability to parse through large amounts of data, acquire skills and knowledge, and operate autonomously. These technologies diverge from prior technologies in their capacity to exercise intentionality over protocol development or action selection in the practice of organizational routines, thereby affecting organizations in new and distinct ways. In this article, we categorize four forms of conjoined agency between humans and technologies: (1) conjoined agency with assisting technologies, (2) conjoined agency with arresting technologies, (3) conjoined agency with augmenting technologies, and (4) conjoined agency with automating technologies. We then theorize on the different ways in which these forms of conjoined agency impact a routine's change at a particular moment in time as well as a routine's responsiveness to feedback over time. In doing so, we elaborate on how organizations may evolve in varied and diverse ways based on the form(s) of conjoined agency they deploy in their organizational design choices.