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Modelling IT Use: An Archetypal Approach.
François-Xavier de Vaujany,
Senior Lecturer in Management, ISEAG,
Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, FRANCE, and Researcher in
Management, Euristik, UMR CNRS 5055, Research centre
of the IAE, Jean Moulin University, Lyon, FRANCE.
Vaujany@univ-lyon3.fr
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ABSTRACT |
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Since Barley’s use of Giddens in
1986, structurational approaches have become an important theoretical
perspective within the IS research community. This paper introduces an
intermediate theory of this stream through three socio-technical archetypes,
i.e. stylised socio-technical situations (neutral, regenerated and disrupted)
and two appropriative trajectories, that is to say two a combination of
archetypes (the balancing point and the improvisational dynamics). The
resulting theoretical framework is then applied to four case studies
illustrating the implementation of Intranets in French firms. Finally, the
general relevance of the structurational reading-grid is demonstrated. But the
study also sheds light on some limits of the conceptual scheme. Intranets are
only an opportunity for very local and limited structuring processes. Besides, a
third appropriative trajectory is also suggested (the catalytic dynamic) and the
model is partly accommodated.
Key-words :
IT use ;
structurational approaches ; Critical Social theory ; Structuration Theory ;
archetypal model; appropriative trajectories; Intranets; IS qualitative
evaluation. |
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