Philadelphia Socio-Techs
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The Philadelphia socio-technical research network meets each Wednesday at a location determined by the active participants. Please contact sean goggins s@goggins.com for information about joining the group.
[edit] Reading Material
Barley, S. (1984). Technology as an occasion for structuring. Administrative Science Quarterly 31(1), 78-108. Media:Barley.pdf
Borg, K. (1999). The "Chauffeur Problem" in the Early Auto Era: Structuration Theory and the Users of Technology. Technology and Culture, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct., 1999), pp. 797-832. Media:Borg.pdf
Burawoy, M. (1998). The extended case method. Sociological Theory 16(1), 4-33. Media:Burawoy.pdf
Giddens, A. (1984). The Constitution of Society. Outline of a Theory of Structuration. Cambridge: Polity Press. (Introduction). Media:Giddens_CoS_Intro.pdf
Giddens, A. (1984). The Constitution of Society. Outline of a Theory of Structuration. Cambridge: Polity Press. (Chapter 1). Media:Giddens_CoS_Chap1.pdf
Heracleous, L. & Barrett, M. (2001). Organizational change as discourse: Communicative actions and deep structures in the context of information technology implementation. Academy of Management Journal, 44, 755-778. Media:Heracleous_Barrett.pdf
Hutchins E. Distributed cognition. In: The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, pp 2068-2072, 2001. Media:distributedcognition.pdf
Kling, R. (2000). Social informatics: A new perspective on social research about information and communication technologies. Prometheus, 18(3), 245-264. Media:Kling_Social_Informatics.pdf
Orlikowski, W., & Gash, D. (1994). Technological frames: Making sense of information technology in organizations. ACM Transactions on Information Systems, 12, 174–207. Media:Orlikowski_Gash.pdf
Trist, E. L. (1981). The evolution of socio-technical systems: A conceptual framework and an action research program. Ontario Quality of Working Life Center, Occasional Paper no. 2. Media:evolution_of_socio_technical_systems.pdf
