Using Technology and Constituting Structures: A Practice Lens for Studying Technology in Organizations
- W. Orlikowski
- EconomicsTheory in CSCW
- 15 July 2000
An extension to the structurational perspective on technology is proposed that develops a practice lens to examine how people, as they interact with a technology in their ongoing practices, enact structures which shape their emergent and situated use of that technology.
Studying Information Technology in Organizations: Research Approaches and Assumptions
- W. Orlikowski, Jack J. Baroudi
- BusinessInformation systems research
- 1 February 1990
It is suggested that much can be gained if a plurality of research perspectives is effectively employed to investigate information systems phenomena and that there exist other philosophical assumptions that can inform studies of the relationships between information technology, people, and organizations.
Special Issue: Knowledge, Knowing, and Organizations: Knowing in Practice: Enacting a Collective Capability in Distributed Organizing
- W. Orlikowski
- BusinessOrgan. Sci.
- 1 May 2002
It is suggested that the competence to do global product development is both collective and distributed, grounded in the everyday practices of organizational members, and not a static embedded capability or stable disposition.
Sociomaterial Practices: Exploring Technology at Work
- W. Orlikowski
- Sociology
- 1 September 2007
In this essay, I begin with the premise that everyday organizing is inextricably bound up with materiality and contend that this relationship is inadequately reflected in organizational studies that…
Technological frames: making sense of information technology in organizations
- W. Orlikowski, D. C. Gash
- BusinessTOIS
- 1 April 1994
It is suggested that where the technological frames of key groups in organizations—such as managers, technologists, and users— are significantly different, difficulties and conflict around the development, use, and change of technology may result.
The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations
- W. Orlikowski
- Economics
- 2014
This paper develops a new theoretical model with which to examine the interaction between technology and organizations. Early research studies assumed technology to be an objective, external force…
Improvising Organizational Transformation Over Time: A Situated Change Perspective
- W. Orlikowski
- BusinessInformation systems research
- 1 March 1996
In this paper, I outline a perspective on organizational transformation which proposes change as endemic to the practice of organizing and hence as enacted through the situated practices of…
Research Commentary: Desperately Seeking the "IT" in IT Research - A Call to Theorizing the IT Artifact
- W. Orlikowski, S. Iacono
- SociologyInformation systems research
- 1 June 2001
It is proposed that IS researchers begin to theorize specifically about IT artifacts, and then incorporate these theories explicitly into their studies, and believe that such a research direction is critical if IS research is to make a significant contribution to the understanding of a world increasingly suffused with ubiquitous, interdependent, and emergent information technologies.
10 Sociomateriality: Challenging the Separation of Technology, Work and Organization
- W. Orlikowski, Susan V. Scott
- Business
- 2008
Abstract We begin by juxtaposing the pervasive presence of technology in organizational work with its absence from the organization studies literature. Our analysis of four leading journals in the…
CASE Tools as Organizational Change: Investigating Incremental and Radical Changes in Systems Development
- W. Orlikowski
- BusinessMIS Q.
- 1 September 1993
The framework and findings suggest that in order to account for the experiences and outcomes associated with CASE tools, researchers should consider the social context of systems development, the intentions and actions of key players, and the implementation process followed by the organization.
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