Abstract
A long hold explanation in IS-Research is that any change in the Information System (IS), through the introduction of new IT-artefacts, trigger a chain of events leading to institutionalized routines and synchronized social practices. This explanation no longer covers the dynamic outcomes in the work-place set in motion by different types of IT-artefacts. We adopt a critical realist philosophy that entails to illuminate how IT-artefacts trigger social mechanisms in the human enterprise. We review IS-literature on the IT-artefact phenomenon from 2001 and forward. We find that the mechanism of individualization is forcefully triggered by new generative IT-artefacts, while enterprise IT-artefacts trigger institutionalization and socialization. We critically asses the opportunities and challenges this present for managers and designers when managing an IS that holds both types of artefacts. We draw a conceptual model of the now dual-IS, with double-edged mechanisms, that correspondingly can empower ambidextrous organizational forms.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | in proceedings of 22nd Pacific Asian Conference in Information Systems, Japan 2018 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Publisher | AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) |
Publication date | Jun 2018 |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |
Event | Pacific Asia Confrence on Information Systems Conference: Opportunities and Challenges for the Digitized Society: Are we ready? - Duration: 26 Jun 2018 → 28 Jul 2018 http://Pacis2018.org |
Conference
Conference | Pacific Asia Confrence on Information Systems Conference |
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Period | 26/06/2018 → 28/07/2018 |
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Keywords
- Information Systems
- IT-artefacts
- Critical Realism
- Institutionalization
- Individualization