Research on IT adoption has shown that object-based beliefs about IT systems have a profound impact on subsequent IT usage. However, we still need to identify antecedents of object-based beliefs in order to understand how the belief formation process can be influenced. This research builds upon and extends Adaptive Structuration Theory to examine how IT-related factors influence the formation o...

This paper reports a simple and flexible method for generating hierarchical patterns from wrinkling instability. Complex features with gradually changing topographies are generated by using the spontaneous wrinkling of a rigid membrane (titanium) on a soft foundation (polystyrene) compressed via the diffusion of a solvent. We show that the morphology of these unreported wrinkled patterns is dir...

This paper aims to present a cultural analysis of collaborative technologies in the workplace. It examines gender-segregated work in Saudi-Arabia, and presents two contrasting cases of IT usage that act either to enable or constrain cultural change. Using Structuration Theory, the study exemplifies the dynamic and detailed analysis this lens can provide to cultural IS research. The study also e...

Organizations invest substantial resources in Enterprise Systems (ES) expecting positive outcomes for the organization and its functions. Yet, many ES projects have reported nil or detrimental impacts. The effective management of ES-related knowledge has been suggested as a critical success factor for these ES projects in ES implementations. This paper suggests a theoretical model purporting th...

Abstract: This study examines the chronological use of web 2.0 technologies within a university setting with the goal of strengthening the level of community communication, interaction and collaboration. We provide an analysis of the structural potential of web 2.0 technologies, and their practical usage as a key determinant of the technology’s impact on a specific organisation, as well as an a...

Adversity early in life may alter pathways of aging, but what interpretive processes can soften the blow of early insults? Drawing from cumulative inequality theory, the authors analyze trajectories of life evaluations and then consider whether early adversity offsets favorable expectations for the future. Results reveal that early adversity contributes to more negative views of the past but ri...

Changing industry practices and forms of production organization are the medium and result of co-evolutionary processes of change. The disruptive event of the transformation of the German TV industry into a dual system triggered the change of content production from in-house to collaborative forms in project networks which are not only highly sensitive to foregoing and anticipated project pract...

Purpose: In this presentation we share our latest research on the role coworker social influence and workarounds play in the implementation of electronic health records (EHR). This study relies on theories of organizational change and adaptive structuration theory to build and test an HIT workaround model. The findings suggest the workarounds are symbolic of a socially shared solution to overco...

In contrast with quantitative usability evaluations, qualitative evaluations are often criticized for not producing statistically significant findings because of the small sample population used in the studies. Using a case study of a good e-learning system, edveNTUre, at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, this paper demonstrates that even with six subjects, we can obtain rich analy...

The aim of this paper is to complete the concept structure, in structuration theory, with worldview. Giddens' theory emphasizes structure as a result well medium for regularization social practice. It cognition but ignores society. As result, does not explain how practices that produce virtual structures can exist and be practiced continuously society, before are formed agents’ cognition? There...