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作者：Allen, David K.; Brown, Andrew; Karanasios, Stan; Norman, Alistair
作者单位：University of Leeds; University of Leeds
摘要：In this paper, critical realism and activity theory are compared within the context of theorizing technology-mediated organizational change. An activity theoretic analysis of the implementation of large-scale disruptive information systems in a public sector setting (in particular concerning paramedic treatment of heart attack patients and ambulance dispatch work activity) is used to illustrate how activity theory makes a significant contribution to critical realism, by (1) locating technology...
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作者：Henfridsson, Ola; Bygstad, Bendik
作者单位：University of Warwick; University of Oslo
摘要：The current literature on digital infrastructure offers powerful lenses for conceptualizing the increasingly interconnected information system collectives found in contemporary organizations. However, little attention has been paid to the generative mechanisms of digital infrastructure, that is, the causal powers that explain how and why such infrastructure evolves over time. This is unfortunate, since more knowledge about what drives digital infrastructures would be highly valuable for manage...
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作者：da Cunha, Joao Vieira
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：The production of performance data in organizations is often described as a functional process that managers enforce on their employees to provide leaders with accurate information about employees' work and their achievements. This study draws on a 15-month ethnography of a desk sales unit to build a dramaturgical model that explains how managers participate in the production of performance data to impress rather than inform leaders. Research on management information systems is reviewed to ou...
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作者：Williams, Clay K.; Karahanna, Elena
作者单位：Southern Illinois University System; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：Large, multi-unit organizations are continually challenged to balance demands for centralization of information technology that lead to cost and service efficiencies through standardization while providing flexibility at the local unit level in order to meet unique business, customer, and service needs. This has led many organizations to adopt hybrid federated information technology governance (ITG) structures to find this balance. This approach to ITG establishes demand for various means to c...
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作者：Becker, Jan-Michael; Rai, Arun; Ringle, Christian M.; Voelckner, Franziska
作者单位：University of Cologne; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; Hamburg University of Technology; University of Newcastle
摘要：A large proportion of information systems research is concerned with developing and testing models pertaining to complex cognition, behaviors, and outcomes of individuals, teams, organizations, and other social systems that are involved in the development, implementation, and utilization of information technology. Given the complexity of these social and behavioral phenomena, heterogeneity is likely to exist in the samples used in IS studies. While researchers now routinely address observed he...
