Designing IT for Governance - The Case of Employee-Owned Businesses.: The Case of Employee-Owned Businesses

Lene Nielsen; Hanne Westh Nicolajsen; Vasiliki Baka

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-61698-3_2

Designing IT for Governance - The Case of Employee-Owned Businesses. The Case of Employee-Owned Businesses

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Abstract

We investigate three small employee-owned businesses: a consultancy, a business within art restoration, and a software business, and how they apply and reshape digital resources to commonly govern their businesses as there is no single tool that caters to their specific needs. Using the concept of digital bricolage as a lens, we find that the businesses apply a combination of digital resources at hand to meet their needs, they use these tools in well-known ways, and create new solutions, but do not look for ideal solutions. We furthermore find that believing in a common set of values shapes “the bricolage”, an aspect not found in the literature. These shared values further inform how technologies are used in practice. The values are shared internally but differ between the businesses. This has implications for the design of future tools that can help businesses govern collective decision-making.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Design for Equality and Justice : Interact 2023
Number of pages	14
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	9 Jul 2024
Pages	13-26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61698-3_2
Publication status	Published - 9 Jul 2024
Event	International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - York, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Aug 2023 → 1 Sept 2023 Conference number: 19 https://interact2023.org/

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Number	19
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	York
Period	28/08/2023 → 01/09/2023
Internet address	https://interact2023.org/

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	14536
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Employee ownership
Design
Digital bricolage

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Nielsen, L , Nicolajsen, HW & Baka, V 2024, Designing IT for Governance - The Case of Employee-Owned Businesses. The Case of Employee-Owned Businesses. in Design for Equality and Justice: Interact 2023. Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14536, pp. 13-26, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction , York, United Kingdom, 28/08/2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61698-3_2

Designing IT for Governance - The Case of Employee-Owned Businesses. The Case of Employee-Owned Businesses. / Nielsen, Lene ; Nicolajsen, Hanne Westh ; Baka, Vasiliki.
Design for Equality and Justice: Interact 2023. Springer, 2024. p. 13-26 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 14536).

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