Between structuration and translation: an approach of ICT appropriation

Anthony Hussenot ()
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Anthony Hussenot: GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Appropriation of ICT drags tools and actors into a sociotechnical process. ICT, practices, and organizations are strongly modified. Only an interplay approach can reveal the complexity of relations between technology and work practices. From the structurational model of technologies (Orlikowski, 1992, 2000) and Actor Network Theory (Callon, 1986; Akrich, Callon and Latour, 2002 (a and b); Latour, 1988, 2005), my approach of ICT appropriation in organizations is based on structuration and translation dynamics. Combining these two dynamics, I shed light on the appropriation paths. Through an implementation of management tool in the teaching world for one year, I focus on the emergence of appropriation dynamics of pedagogic software by the teachers. This approach shows that actors and ICT changed around compromises in the network. The contribution of this paper is in the coupling of the structuration and translation dynamics of appropriation to identify the appropriation paths.

Keywords: Information technology; Theory of Structuration; Actor Network Theory; Appropriation; Appropriation dynamics; Appropriation paths (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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Published in Journal of Organizational Change Management, 2008, Vol 21 (N°3), p.335-347

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