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Karsten, Helena

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0.518 systems information research theory implications practice discussed findings field paper practitioners role general important key
0.474 adaptive theory structuration appropriation structures technology use theoretical ast capture believe consensus technologies offices context
0.143 systems information management development presented function article discussed model personnel general organization described presents finally
0.125 research journals journal information systems articles academic published business mis faculty discipline analysis publication management
0.119 e-government collective sociomaterial material institutions actors practice particular organizational routines practices relations mindfulness different analysis

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Jones, Matthew R. 2

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DIVIDED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE? A RESPONSE TO MARSHALL SCOTT POOLE. (MIS Quarterly, 2009)
Authors: Abstract:
    Marshall Scott Poole identifies some important issues in the treatment of adaptive structuration theory in our review of the use of Giddens's structuration theory in IS research (Jones and Karsten 2008). We argue, however, that a number of his criticisms reflect differences in our respective use of particular terms and that the statements made in Jones and Karsten are reasonable, especially in the light of Giddens's own writings. There are some substantive differences between our position and that of Poole, though, especially in relation to the distinctiveness and compatibility of positivist and interpretive research, and the immateriality of Giddens's structures. Arguments are presented to show that, as Jones and Karsten discussed, Giddens's position is able to offer a plausible and self-consistent account of IS phenomena, including those such as the role of material artefacts in the U.S. legal system, "distributed cognition," and the use of GDSS that Poole suggests are incompatible with Giddens's account of structuration.
GIDDENS'S STRUCTURATION THEORY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH. (MIS Quarterly, 2008)
Authors: Abstract:
    The work of the contemporary British sociologist Anthony Giddens, and in particular his structuration theory, has been widely cited by Information Systems researchers. This paper presents a critical review of the work of Giddens and its application in the Information Systems field. Following a brief overview of Giddens's work as a whole, some key aspects of structuration theory are described, and their implications for Information Systems research discussed. We then identify 331 Information Systems articles published between 1983 and 2004 that have drawn on Giddens's work and analyze their use of structuration theory. Based on this analysis a number of features of structurational research in the Information Systems field and its relationship to Giddens's ideas are discussed. These findings offer insight on Information Systems researchers' use of social theory in general and suggest that there may be significant opportunities for the Information Systems field in pursuing structurational research that engages sympathetically, yet critically, with Giddens's work.