Fine-tuning Kleine's choice framework

Attwood, Heidi Elaine; May, Julian

doi:10.1145/2737856.2737868

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“…Along these lines, we consider how virtual social networks and mobile phones impact perceived and actual avenues for refugee women in camps to pursue higher education. Another way to describe this relationship between structure and agency is to consider individual options, decisions, and actions in relation to existing structures towards desired goals (Attwood & May 2015).…”

Section: Socio-technical Theory and Pathways To Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tracing pathways to higher education for refugees: the role of virtual support networks and mobile phones for women in refugee camps

Dahya

Dryden‐Peterson

2016

Comparative Education

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Section: Socio-technical Theory and Pathways To Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tracing pathways to higher education for refugees: the role of virtual support networks and mobile phones for women in refugee camps

Dahya

Dryden‐Peterson

2016

Comparative Education

107

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“…In addition, this framework furthers the academic discourse on operationalising the CA by demonstrating the inclusion of a person's agency and conversion factors that inhibit or enhance utilisation of opportunities and choices in the realisation of benefits. This further demonstrates that the amendments proposed by Attwood and May (2015) in respect of agency are indeed practical.…”

Section: Application Of the Benefits Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 65%

“…As such, the study was designed using interviews, focus groups, and a short survey. Case studies have often been used in similar studies to this research such as Akinsola, Herselman, and Jacobs (), Alao (), and Attwood and May ().…”

Section: Research Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

A benefits framework for public access ICT4D programmes

Uys

Pather

2019

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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There have been expectations across the developing world that information and communications technologies (ICTs) will deliver benefits to marginalised people. Despite many programmes related to the promotion of Internet uptake and usage amongst poorer communities, evidence regarding such benefit is lacking, and there is little agreement in respect of frameworks and metrics to evaluate the benefits thereof. This paper reports on a case study that investigated the nature of a public access information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) programme and presents a framework for assessing the associated benefits in the South African context. The capability approach is used as a lens to assess the process of providing opportunities to ordinary citizens through ICT access and use. By operationalising agency and conversion factors, the study identified inhibitors and enhancers of opportunities and choices in realising benefits. Through the application of a critical realism paradigm and a mixed method analytical approach, perceptions of a changed life, aspirations for a better life, and “hope” emerged as key intangible benefits. The paper presents an ICT benefits framework, which serves as an important contribution to the ICT4D evaluation field. A novel outcome of the study is that it provides evidence of constructs that to date have been considered as intangible benefits in the literature.

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“…Kleine presented the CF as a way of operationalizing the capability approach and visualizing the elements of a systemic conceptualization of the development process. The CF was developed in the field of Information and Communication Technology and Development (ICTD), but it has found its way into applied human development (Attwood & May, 2015). The CF focuses extensively on addressing social structure, individual agency, the degree of empowerment/dimension of choice and the outcome (Attwood & May, 2015; Noruwana et al, 2018) and analyses the development outcomes by describing the systemic relationships between agency, structure and choice (Attwood & May, 2015; Kleine, 2009a, 2009b; Noruwana et al, 2018).…”

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“…The CF was developed in the field of Information and Communication Technology and Development (ICTD), but it has found its way into applied human development (Attwood & May, 2015). The CF focuses extensively on addressing social structure, individual agency, the degree of empowerment/dimension of choice and the outcome (Attwood & May, 2015; Noruwana et al, 2018) and analyses the development outcomes by describing the systemic relationships between agency, structure and choice (Attwood & May, 2015; Kleine, 2009a, 2009b; Noruwana et al, 2018). The development outcomes are made up of primary and secondary choices where the individual choices (which will vary according to the structures and the agency of the individual) will lead to secondary outcomes (Kleine, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

The role of open government data and information and communication technology in meeting the employment‐related information needs of unemployed South African youth

Masavah,

van der Merwe,

van Biljon

2023

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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Open government data (OGD) and information and communication technologies (ICT) are potential enablers in meeting information needs related to finding employment opportunities, but there is little evidence‐based theorization to guide this enablement and avoid the barriers that hinder its use. The potential economic contribution of OGD has been researched in depth, but the potential of OGD for human development, specifically in developing countries, has not been theorized substantially. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate “how the role of ICT and OGD in meeting the employment‐related information needs of unemployed South African youth can be understood better by the application of the Choice Framework”. The Choice Framework is Kleine's analytical tool for investigating ICTs for development toward a contextualized understanding of the relationships among the framework's elements, namely structure, agency, the dimension of choice and development outcomes. The research design was a single, exploratory case study; the data was collected in Alexandra Township of the Gauteng Province in South Africa using semi‐structured interviews. Data was collected from 34 participants (between the ages of 18 and 35) who were looking for employment. The data was analyzed thematically and then unpacked in terms of the constructors of the Choice Framework. The findings show that most participants had access to ICT but limited awareness of OGD, and several challenges in using OGD for finding employment‐related information were identified. The findings provide a theory‐based contextual understanding of the research space, including the challenges and recommendations for overcoming said challenges of finding information on employment opportunities.

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Fine-tuning Kleine's choice framework

Abstract: Kleine's choice framework (CF) is a significant advance in the theorization of ICTD. Using the findings of an intervention imbedded within a participatory action research project, we propose six amendments which could enhance the CF's usefulness.

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

Tracing pathways to higher education for refugees: the role of virtual support networks and mobile phones for women in refugee camps

Tracing pathways to higher education for refugees: the role of virtual support networks and mobile phones for women in refugee camps

A benefits framework for public access ICT4D programmes

The role of open government data and information and communication technology in meeting the employment‐related information needs of unemployed South African youth

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