Information Technology and the Structuring of Organizations
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Orlikowski, Wanda J.; Robey, Daniel
署名单位：
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); State University System of Florida; Florida International University
刊物名称：
INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH
ISSN/ISSBN：
1047-7047
DOI：
10.1287/isre.2.2.143
发表日期：
1991
页码：
143-169
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摘要：
Recent work in social theory departs from prior traditions in proposing that social phenomena can be understood as comprising both subjective and objective elements. We apply this premise of duality to understanding the relationship between information technology and organizations. We construct a theoretical framework in which the development and deployment of information technology in organizations is a social phenomenon, and in which the organizational consequences of technology are products of both material and social dimensions. The framework is based on Giddens' theory of structuration, and it allows us to progress beyond several of the false dichotomies (subjective vs objective, socially constructed vs material, macro vs micro, and qualitative vs quantitative) that persist in investigations of the interaction between organizations and information technology. The framework can be used to guide studies in two main areas of nformation systems research- systems development and the organizational consequences of using information technology.