Leveraging ICT to Overcome Complementary Institutional Voids: Insights from Institutional Work by a Social Enterprise to Help Marginalized

Rishikesan Parthiban (), Israr Qureshi (), Somprakash Bandyopadhyay (), Babita Bhatt () and Saravana Jaikumar ()
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Rishikesan Parthiban: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Israr Qureshi: Australian National University
Somprakash Bandyopadhyay: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Babita Bhatt: Australian National University
Saravana Jaikumar: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Information Systems Frontiers, 2020, vol. 22, issue 3, No 7, 633-653

Abstract: Abstract There is, in general, a dearth of empirical inquiries on how institutional voids are filled through institutional work in marginalized communities. Extant studies have focussed on institutional work that addresses solitary institutional void, mostly in formal settings. In this paper, we inquire the case of a social entrepreneurial venture in India that identified two complementary institutional voids (productive ageing void of the urban elderly and rural education void of children) and attempted to simultaneously address the two voids. The issue of physical distance between the two groups was overcome by enacting an ICT platform. We also show how the institutional challenges associated with the ICT implementation led them to pursue different kinds of institutional works in their context. We then identify different theoretical dimensions of institutional works that could be used in marginalized contexts. Finally, we show how the ‘complementary voids’ approach has implications for both theory and practice.

Keywords: Rural education void; Productive ageing void; Digital social innovation; Marginalized communities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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