In the age of the smart machine: the future of work and power
In the age of the smart machine: the future of work and power
Information behaviour: an interdisciplinary perspective
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Understanding complex information environments: a social analysis of watershed planning
DL '97 Proceedings of the second ACM international conference on Digital libraries
Information seeking in context: a challenging metatheory
ISIC '96 Proceedings of an international conference on Information seeking in context
Discovering information behavior in sense making. III: the person
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
Cooperative knowledge work and practices of trust: sharing environmental planning data sets
CSCW '98 Proceedings of the 1998 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal - Special issue on Information Seeking In Context (ISIC)
Information Tasks: Toward a User-Centered Approach to Information Systems
Information Tasks: Toward a User-Centered Approach to Information Systems
Information Seeking: An Organizational Dilemma
Information Seeking: An Organizational Dilemma
Information Ecology: Mastering the Information and Knowledge Environment
Information Ecology: Mastering the Information and Knowledge Environment
Web Work: Information Seeking and Knowledge Work on the World Wide Web
Web Work: Information Seeking and Knowledge Work on the World Wide Web
Managing Information Strategically
Managing Information Strategically
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The purpose of this study was to examine the use of information by environmental planners. The study used the Grounded Theory method to develop a theoretical model that explains the reasons for using information and the factors that motivate such use. Forty-four semi-structured interviews were conducted in workplace environments to collect data on the way the respondents used information in projects that they had done before. Data were analysed in accordance with the Grounded Theory techniques of constant comparison. The study found that the planner's perceptions of: their own competences, resistance of the stakeholders, role requirement; and the impressions on the enabling effect of the information environment drive the self-empowerment behaviour of the planners. This behaviour is characterised by actions involving information acquisition, packaging as well as giving information to stakeholders during the facilitation of the environmental planning process. The experiential knowledge levels of individuals enhance the self-empowerment behaviour exhibited by environmental planners. Based on the informational power derived from the self-empowerment activities, the planners select a strategy for participation that they deem appropriate for an environmental planning project, consequently facilitating the process to develop widely accepted environmental plans.