Building on behavioural leadership theory and structuration theory, we present a two-order theory of leadership. It describes four classes of firstorder leadership behaviours (task coordination, substantive task contribution, group maintenance and boundary spanning) and defines second-order leadership as behaviour that influences changes in the structure that guides group action. We argue that ...

Understanding the why behind change allows us to better plan and implements change in the future. For this reason the literature on change, and change management, is vast and never ending. Yet no particular model of change suits all situations, and no situation is perfectly suited to a particular change model. Theory construction about change varies from the personal to the structural and the s...

In this paper, we outline how the grounded theory methodology (Strauss and Corbin’s version) was adapted to develop a theory of collaboration in virtual teams. Specifically, we studied virtual teams composed of students from a US and a Canadian university engaged in 14 week long systems development projects. We analyzed data using adapted versions of open coding, axial coding, and selective cod...

This paper proposes a practical research framework based on activity theory as a lens to research the adoption of learning management systems in tertiary education institutions. Following the identification of the interpretivist paradigm as an appropriate research approach, approaches such structuration theory, actor network theory, or activity theory are briefly considered. The paper then argu...

This paper is based on an ongoing study that looks at farm management practices by Australian women cotton growers using farm management software, most particularly an agricultural decision support system, CottonLOGIC. The study is informed through a theoretical framework of structuration theory as a metatheory for probing the recursiveness of farm management and technology usage, and diffusion...

Résumé : Cet article a pour but de proposer un regard nouveau et unificateur à la problématique des Indices de Similarité et des Critères de structuration ou de partitionnement. Une catégorisation des indices, des propriétés non connues ainsi qu’une présentation dans différents axes de structuration seront suggérées. La recherche des significations et des filiations associées sera donnée comme ...