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IS research has spent considerable efforts to elaborate metrics for measuring the success of Information Systems (IS) implementations. System usage (Davis et al. 1989), technology infusion (Zmud and Apple 1992), trying to innovate with information technology (Ahuja and Thatcher 2005) or user...
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As information and communication technology is being integrated in work-related practices, questions arise about how it is molding not only work but also social and human interactions inside organizations.
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In this paper, we examine how public middle-managers exercise human agency during an information system (IS) implementation process and how this helps producing changes on the field. Drawing on strategic actor theory (Crozier et Friedberg 1977), we suggest system constraints emanate from...
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The present paper draws on the main issues in the production of scientific knowledge based upon grounded theory in …
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) critiqued their homogeneity and poor ability to enhance our understanding of accounting. Knowledge claims articulated, claims … conclusions and contributions to scientific knowledge. For their part, Harrison & McKinnon (1999) stressed that all these studies … later. This research purports to analyse the contributions of post-Hofstedian research to accounting knowledge. To this end …
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, addressing how accounting knowledge is established, advanced and extended. Design/methodology/approach – The research question is … controversies in which they engage to develop knowledge. Findings – The paper reveals that accounting knowledge is established … shows that knowledge advancement, establishment and development is more contingent on network breadth than on research …
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Information systems (IS) research has examined a broad range of factors influencing the effective adoption of information technology (IT). However, so far, much remains to be done with respect to the exact role played by socio-emotional processes and their influence on IT adoption in the...
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This research is concerned with the diffusion of management accounting innovations viewed as a process of actor-network building and translation. The aim is to better understand the nature of accounting change. Using Actor-Network Theory (ANT), we analyze two innovations that have had different...
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Budgetary control has developed in France since the 1930s. If the initial importation from the United States was rapid, subsequent development was slow. Diffusion of the technique occurred through a number of mechanisms: professional reviews, books, consultants, think tanks, and through...
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