 Acknowledging the innate impact of an information technology for engaging people in knowledge work: the case of weblog technologyStephan Kaiser and Gordon Muller-Seitz International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2009, vol. 6, issue 1, 4-21 Abstract: Today, globally operating enterprises increasingly rely upon Information Technology (IT) for knowledge exchange, even though this does not inevitably result in the assumed enhancements. The impact of IT itself remains rather ambiguous. Guided by Actor-Network Theory (ANT), this paper draws on a 28-month qualitative case study and elucidates the inherent impact of a novel IT phenomenon, corporate blogospheres. A blogosphere consists of weblogs, websites where individuals publicly display their ideas in the form of a diary. Our results indicate that a blogosphere constitutes a powerful actor on its own that is capable of structuring knowledge work. Further, we illustrate how the blogosphere is efficiently organised and maintained by means of the complex interplay between various human as well as nonhuman actors. We conclude with critical reflections and an outlook for future research. Keywords: weblogs; actor-network theory; ANT; technological artefacts; distributed knowledge; blogs; knowledge exchange; knowledge sharing; corporate blogospheres; information technology. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijnvor:v:6:y:2009:i:1:p:4-21 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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