The field of science education has struggled to create robust, meaningful forms of education that effectively engage students from historically non-dominant communities andwomen. This paper argues that a primary issue underlying this on-going struggle pivots on constructions of nature–culture relations.We takeup structuration theory (Giddens, 1984.The constitutionof society:Outlineof the theory...

Using Giddens’s structuration theory and empirical data from a study with social enterprise stakeholders, the article explores how entrepreneurs structure co-create one another. We show that development of contemporary significance entrepreneurialism lies in combination complex context-specific structural forces activities agents who initiate, demand, impose change. Social intentionally tackle ...

This paper reports a study of information and communication technology (ICT) use in Norway and the United States. Forty-two depth interviews completed in both countries provide the data source. Using grounded theory as a research method, and Adaptive Structuration Theory as our conceptual base, we analyze these interviews to generate an empirical model of ICT use. The 1490 incidents identified ...

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach for categorizing the body of knowledge captured in the existing literature, past and present in such a way that contributions to the use side of systems development are made explicit. The new twist of this approach is that it seeks to bridge the most prevalent divides currently fragmenting the IS literature by offering an integrative classi...

While there has been growing recognition that considering environmental and social aspects of sustainability is important for a firm’s reputation and long-term survival, research so far focused on strategic goals and how sustainability becomes relevant and less so on how sustainability practices become embedded and mainstreamed. Our paper addresses the change process of initiating sustainabilit...

This study explores how and why university students use Internet-based communication technologies. The study relies on qualitative data collected in the form of interviews, recording of actual postings, and student records over the period of one year (two semesters). The data are interpreted through three mutually complementary theoretical lenses, originally developed to understand adoption and...

This study investigates the consequences of regulation for management control and organisational change in privatised industries by means of a case study of the gas industry. It focuses particularly on the implications for regulation of accounting systems and systems of accountability, as important management control systems. Giddens’ [Central Problems in Social Theory: Action, Structure and Co...

Recent work in social theory departs from prior traditions in proposing that social phenomena can be understood as comprising both subjective and objective elements. We apply this premise of duality to understanding the relationship between information technology and organizations. We construct a theoretical framework in which the development and deployment of information technology in organiza...

Based on task-technology fit theory and adaptive structuration theory, we propose that employees’ exploration of enterprise systems is mainly influenced by three fundamental components: task, technology, and organizational environment. Accordingly, a research model is developed to interpret how task variety, system modularity, and local management commitment jointly affect employees’ system exp...