Lost in translation? An actor-network approach to HRIS implementation

Dery, Kristine; Hall, Richard; Wailes, Nick; Wiblen, Sharna

doi:10.1016/j.jsis.2013.03.002

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“…The first studies of IS scholars that relied on ANT, emphasised its ability to be specific about the relationship between IT artefacts and social practices (E. Monteiro and Hanseth, 1995) and used ANT to analyse standardisation processes of the Internet (Hanseth et al, 1996). Later, it was applied to understand a broad range of IS subjects from geographical information systems (Walsham and Sahay, 1999) and enterprise resource planning software (Quattrone and Hopper, 2006), to the analysis of failures of business process changes (Sarker et al, 2006) and human resources systems (Dery et al, 2013).…”

Section: Moving Towards a Sociomaterials Perspective On Flexibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Dery et al, 2013;Sarker et al, 2006;Walsham and Sahay, 1999) and, particularly, the concept of irreversibility (Hanseth et al, 1996). The approach presented herein entails a more fine-grained analysis of the sociomaterial networks that embed business process diagrams, thus being able to reveal specific consequences of using diagram artefacts in the modelling of work practices in relation to the 'what ' and 'how' dimensions. This distinction between 'what' and 'how' dimensions of work practices is in resonance with previous work.…”

Section: An Analytical Approach For the Relationship Between Process mentioning

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The tension between business process modelling and flexibility: Revealing multiple dimensions with a sociomaterial approach

Albuquerque

Christ

2015

The Journal of Strategic Information Systems

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The tension between business process modelling and flexibility: Revealing multiple dimensions with a sociomaterial approach

Albuquerque

Christ

2015

The Journal of Strategic Information Systems

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“…Despite being criticized, it is lately used to study innovation especially in the field of information systems (IS), which fits our perspective on the context of digital innovations (e.g. Dery et al, 2013;Hanseth and Lyytinen, 2004). In fact, several authors emphasized the importance of ANT in analyzing the interaction between stakeholders, particularly to address the crucial role of technology (e.g.…”

Section: Actor-network Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital innovation in the energy industry: The impact of controversies on the evolution of innovation ecosystems

Kolloch

Dellermann

2018

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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The concept of innovation ecosystems gained significant importance in academic research on strategy and practice over the last years. The emergence of the Internet of Things is disrupting industries and setting the ecosystem in the focus of innovation. Even traditional analog industries, like the energy industry, are under pressure to foster and manage ecosystems during their innovation efforts. Thus, the energy industry represents an appropriate setting for examining the evolution of an innovation ecosystem under the empirical lens of controversies, which describe the challenges of the status quo and is congruent with previous research on dialectical inquiries as source of innovation dynamics. For the purpose of this paper, the Actor-network theory (ANT) is regarded as an appropriate tool since it allows researchers to analyze how actors interact due to their specific interests with each other and thus configure the ecosystem in its base. ANT further enlarges the perspective of handling actors, while it involves not only human but also non-human actors (i.e. technologies). This is a valuable and necessary feature while dealing with digital innovations such as virtual power plants (VPP). By analyzing three how distinctive typologies, their mechanisms as well as their pathways of controversies affect the innovation ecosystem of VPPs and the evolution of the technological components of the innovation, this interaction between human and non-human actors is highlighted. In consequence, our research emphasizes the significance of involving nonhuman actors into managerial strategies and the role they inherit for the evolution of ecosystems. Furthermore, the present research reveals that controversies are not only a moderating factor but also a constitutional one for the coevolution of the ecosystem as well as the innovation itself especially during the forming phases. With respect to recent research of the management of digital innovation, this paper contributes to a better understanding of managerial challenges associated with digital innovation and their respective ecosystems.

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“…The actor network theory is increasingly used for data analysis, particularly because of its detailed descriptive and narrative emphasis as well as its ontological association. Some of the studies where ANT has been applied in recent years vary, which include Foster (2014), Horowitz (2012) and Dery et al (2013). Pollack et al (2013) explained that ANT allows many levels of analysis from both narrative and descriptive angles.…”

Section: Actor Network Theorymentioning

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A multilevel approach to big data analysis using analytic tools and actor network theory

Iyamu

2018

S. Afr. j. inf. manag.

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Background: Over the years, big data analytics has been statically carried out in a programmed way, which does not allow for translation of data sets from a subjective perspective. This approach affects an understanding of why and how data sets manifest themselves into various forms in the way that they do. This has a negative impact on the accuracy, redundancy and usefulness of data sets, which in turn affects the value of operations and the competitive effectiveness of an organisation. Also, the current single approach lacks a detailed examination of data sets, which big data deserve in order to improve purposefulness and usefulness.Objective: The purpose of this study was to propose a multilevel approach to big data analysis. This includes examining how a sociotechnical theory, the actor network theory (ANT), can be complementarily used with analytic tools for big data analysis.Method: In the study, the qualitative methods were employed from the interpretivist approach perspective.Results: From the findings, a framework that offers big data analytics at two levels, micro- (strategic) and macro- (operational) levels, was developed. Based on the framework, a model was developed, which can be used to guide the analysis of heterogeneous data sets that exist within networks.Conclusion: The multilevel approach ensures a fully detailed analysis, which is intended to increase accuracy, reduce redundancy and put the manipulation and manifestation of data sets into perspectives for improved organisations’ competitiveness.

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Lost in translation? An actor-network approach to HRIS implementation

Cited by 46 publications

References 53 publications

The tension between business process modelling and flexibility: Revealing multiple dimensions with a sociomaterial approach

The tension between business process modelling and flexibility: Revealing multiple dimensions with a sociomaterial approach

Digital innovation in the energy industry: The impact of controversies on the evolution of innovation ecosystems

A multilevel approach to big data analysis using analytic tools and actor network theory

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