The in-formation of information systems
Critical issues in information systems research
Technological frames: making sense of information technology in organizations
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS) - Special issue on social science perspectives on IS
Learning to use a word processor: by doing, by thinking, and by knowing
Human-computer interaction
Actor-network theory and IS research: current status and future prospects
Proceedings of the IFIP TC8 WG 8.2 international conference on Information systems and qualitative research
Data warehousing: using the Wal-Mart model
Data warehousing: using the Wal-Mart model
Applications development by end-users: can quality be improved?
Decision Support Systems
Making a World of Difference: It in a Global Context
Making a World of Difference: It in a Global Context
Tacit Knowledge in Organizations
Tacit Knowledge in Organizations
From Control to Drift: The Dynamics of Corporate Information Infrastructures
From Control to Drift: The Dynamics of Corporate Information Infrastructures
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Information Systems Research
Inside the Virtual Product. How Organizations Create Knowledge through Software
Inside the Virtual Product. How Organizations Create Knowledge through Software
A Triple Take on Information System Implementation
Organization Science
Enacting Integrated Information Technology: A Human Agency Perspective
Organization Science
Capturing reflexivity modes in IS: A critical realist approach
Information and Organization
Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning
Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning
Information Technology and the Changing Fabric of Organization
Organization Science
Narrative Networks: Patterns of Technology and Organization
Organization Science
Technological Embeddedness and Organizational Change
Organization Science
Data warehouse-in-practice: exploring the function of expectations in organizational outcomes
Information and Management
Information Resources Management Journal
Sociomateriality - Taking the wrong turning?
Information and Organization
Theoretical foundations for the study of sociomateriality
Information and Organization
An integrative semiotic framework for information systems: The social, personal and material worlds
Information and Organization
Critical realism in information systems research
MIS Quarterly
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This article relates Archer's morphogenetic approach, derived from the philosophical tradition of critical realism, to the use of information and communication technology in organizations. Three gains are seen to accrue from this approach: greater clarity about the material properties of technology, links to broader structural conditions arising from the conceptualization of the relationship between agency and structure, and the potential to explore the importance of reflexivity in contemporary organizations, especially in conditions of the widespread use of information and communication technology. The importance of disaggregating the artifacts of this technology into levels and features is stressed to enable analysis to explore the specific impacts of particular combinations. This is developed through a discussion of data warehousing in connection with the attention being given to the importance of analytics in organizational strategies. Key features are in wider aspects of the cultural and structural context, demonstrating the fruitfulness of a morphogenetic approach.