TECHNOLOGICAL OBJECTS, SOCIAL POSITIONS, AND THE TRANSFORMATIONAL MODEL OF SOCIAL ACTIVITY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Faulkner, Philip; Runde, Jochen
• 署名单位: University of Cambridge; University of Cambridge; University of Cambridge
• 刊物名称: MIS QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0276-7783
• DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2013/37.3.06
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 803-818
• 关键词: dual nature; management; sociomateriality; ORGANIZATION; innovations

摘要

The transformational model of social activity (TMSA), in many ways the centerpiece of critical realism, has been widely used in areas of information systems research. However, little has been done so far to develop a systematic theory of the nature, position, and identity of technological objects within the context of the TMSA. Our aim in this paper is to fill this gap, paying particular attention to the important category of nonmaterial technological objects that lie at the heart of modern information systems.