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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Technological Frames"”.
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The life cycle of a technological innovation: a theoretical overview and a cross-site case study
… at these two sites, and what roles do users' "technological frames" play in each site's implementation process? Employing a qualitative methodology and a conceptual framework based on Wanda Orlikowski's works on "technological frames" (nature of technology, technology strategy and technology in …
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Theory and Practice in the Study of Technological Systems
… those tools in combination to study complex technological systems in an historical context. The first chapter of the dissertation examines in detail four influential models by which complex technological systems have been analyzed: Hughes's system model, Bijker's social construction model, …
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Working with your hands : essays on craft occupations in India
… Essay 3 : Export-Oriented Industrialization and Technological Frames of Government Officials, Workers and Capitalists: Evidence from a Mechanization Project in India. Export-oriented industrialization (EOI) is a common strategy for economic development in developing economies that can be achieved …
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Social Technologies and Informal Knowledge Sharing within and across Organizations
… lenses of sociomateriality, structuration, and technological frames, the findings from this work advances our understanding of: (1) the ways social technologies are used in combination as a suite of tools, (2) the ways in which organizational norms, policies, and arrangements shape the uses of …
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Atmospheres of Change: Virtual Production
… to the LED screen as a way to articulate how technological objects can be mediums for relational exchange. Building upon existing theories of technological frames as developed by social constructivists, I propose an “atmospheric frame.” The atmospheric frame gives rise to situations of …
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Choices on Top of Choices: A Case Illustrating the Dialectic Impact of User Technology Choice
… illustrate this by using prior theory including technological frames of reference (TFR) and sense-making. I call the combined theory perspective the high autonomy dialectic (HAD). The new knowledge in this dissertation is that systems in high autonomy user environments may be seen as dialectic …
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Understanding the BlackBerry : negotiating connectivity in different organizational worlds
… of use. My inductive study reveals how initial technological frames inform, but do not determine, emerging patterns of BlackBerry use and how such frames can shift dramatically over time. Further, I trace how individual experience evolves into shared norms that carry significant personal …
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Connecting for a Social Good: A Multi-level Analysis of a Nascent Online Community
… as well as the theories of affordances, technological frames of reference and groupware adoption, this thesis develops a multi-level model to address the research question. This model theorizes the evolution of nascent OCs and the influence of context and materiality on this evolution. It …
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Managing the Old and New: Essays on Responses to Novel Technologies
… challenge for firms is to respond and adapt to technological change. Through three related chapters, this dissertation seeks to advance knowledge with a synthesis view of adaptation by unpacking the mechanisms underlying reshaping of technological frames (Chapter 2), strategizing processes …
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Getting from managerial framing to employee action in strategic change: a case study of a sales automation and transformation programme
… in sales philosophy and how the resulting frames are accepted or otherwise in a sales workforce automation and transformation programme. Applying a framing concept to the analysis of strategic change within the organisation enables us to move away from viewing organisation as a static …