Constructing Interdependencies with Collaborative Information Technology

dc.contributor.authorKarsten, Helena
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-06T09:06:47Z
dc.date.available2020-06-06T09:06:47Z
dc.date.issued37956
dc.description.abstractInterdependencies are constructed when peoplegradually build mutual relationships betweenthemselves. In this study the focus is oninterdependencies at work, in long-termprojects or groups. Viewing interdependencerelationships dynamically, as social practices,it is possible to appreciate the complex andsituated nature of this formation. The maingoal of the study is to develop a theoreticalaccount of the dynamics of the intertwinedprocesses of interdependence construction andcollaborative technology appropriation and use.The main dimensions of this account are: (1)how interdependence is constructed andestablished as a social process, (2) howinformation and communication are involved inthese processes, and (3) in what wayscollaborative information technology cancontribute to or hamper these processes. Thefirst dimension builds upon structurationtheory. Three earlier case studies arere-visited with the approach, with the outcomeof several issues to be explored. Thetheoretical approach opens up an extensiveresearch program of interdependenceconstruction in relation to collaborativeinformation technology appropriation and use.de
dc.identifier.doi10.1023/A:1026197001679
dc.identifier.pissn1573-7551
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1026197001679
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/3628
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Vol. 12, No. 4
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
dc.subjectcollaboration
dc.subjectcollaborative information technology
dc.subjectgroup development
dc.subjectinterdependence
dc.subjectnetwork organisations
dc.subjectsocial practice
dc.subjectstructuration theory
dc.titleConstructing Interdependencies with Collaborative Information Technologyde
dc.typeText/Journal Article
gi.citation.endPage464
gi.citation.startPage437

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