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Renee L. Cowan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Be Careful What You Ask For: Structuration Theory and Work/Life Accommodation
Communication Studies, 2010Co-Authors: Mary F. Hoffman, Renee L. CowanAbstract:An analysis of 96 employee requests for accommodation revealed the rules and resources that govern the negotiation of work/life issues in organizations. Using Giddens' Structuration Theory, the authors identified six rules and three resources commonly employed in seeking assistance in achieving work/life balance and identified ways that these rules and resources reproduce and challenge the system. Implications for managers, employees, and researchers are discussed.
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be careful what you ask for Structuration Theory and work life accommodation
Communication Studies, 2010Co-Authors: Mary F. Hoffman, Renee L. CowanAbstract:An analysis of 96 employee requests for accommodation revealed the rules and resources that govern the negotiation of work/life issues in organizations. Using Giddens' Structuration Theory, the authors identified six rules and three resources commonly employed in seeking assistance in achieving work/life balance and identified ways that these rules and resources reproduce and challenge the system. Implications for managers, employees, and researchers are discussed.
Mary F. Hoffman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Be Careful What You Ask For: Structuration Theory and Work/Life Accommodation
Communication Studies, 2010Co-Authors: Mary F. Hoffman, Renee L. CowanAbstract:An analysis of 96 employee requests for accommodation revealed the rules and resources that govern the negotiation of work/life issues in organizations. Using Giddens' Structuration Theory, the authors identified six rules and three resources commonly employed in seeking assistance in achieving work/life balance and identified ways that these rules and resources reproduce and challenge the system. Implications for managers, employees, and researchers are discussed.
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be careful what you ask for Structuration Theory and work life accommodation
Communication Studies, 2010Co-Authors: Mary F. Hoffman, Renee L. CowanAbstract:An analysis of 96 employee requests for accommodation revealed the rules and resources that govern the negotiation of work/life issues in organizations. Using Giddens' Structuration Theory, the authors identified six rules and three resources commonly employed in seeking assistance in achieving work/life balance and identified ways that these rules and resources reproduce and challenge the system. Implications for managers, employees, and researchers are discussed.
Alain Pinsonneault - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Challenges in Conducting Empirical Work Using Structuration Theory: Learning from IT Research
Organization Studies, 2005Co-Authors: Marlei Pozzebon, Alain PinsonneaultAbstract:Giddens’s Structuration Theory is increasingly used as an alternative approach to studying numerous organizational phenomena. However, the applicability of Giddens’s concepts is not without difficulties because of two main challenges. First, Structuration Theory is complex, involving concepts and general propositions that operate at a high level of abstraction. Second, Structuration Theory is not easily coupled to any specific research method or methodological approach, and it is difficult to apply empirically. Arguing that Structuration Theory is a valuable framework for a rich understanding of management, organization and related subjects of inquiry, this paper aims to improve the application of Structuration Theory in empirical work by drawing on the experience in information technology (IT) research. It identifies patterns of use of Giddens’s Theory in publications in the domain of IT, and then describes how IT researchers have attempted to address its major empirical challenges. The paper presents a ...
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Structuration Theory in the is field an assessment of research strategies
European Conference on Information Systems, 2001Co-Authors: Marlei Pozzebon, Alain PinsonneaultAbstract:Giddens' Structuration Theory is increasingly used in studies assessing IT-based organizational change. However, few studies, if any, have focused on how to empirically apply this “meta-Theory”. In this article, over twenty IS studies published in the last ten years which used Structuration Theory were reviewed. We extend previous research by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of different methodological strategies adopted by IS researchers using Structuration Theory. The main contribution of this article is a repertoire of methodological strategies to empirically apply Structuration Theory in the IS field.
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ECIS - Structuration Theory in the IS Field: An Assessment of Research Strategies
2001Co-Authors: Marlei Pozzebon, Alain PinsonneaultAbstract:Giddens' Structuration Theory is increasingly used in studies assessing IT-based organizational change. However, few studies, if any, have focused on how to empirically apply this “meta-Theory”. In this article, over twenty IS studies published in the last ten years which used Structuration Theory were reviewed. We extend previous research by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of different methodological strategies adopted by IS researchers using Structuration Theory. The main contribution of this article is a repertoire of methodological strategies to empirically apply Structuration Theory in the IS field.
Rob Stones - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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theorising big it programmes in healthcare strong Structuration Theory meets actor network Theory
Social Science & Medicine, 2010Co-Authors: Trisha Greenhalgh, Rob StonesAbstract:Abstract The UK National Health Service is grappling with various large and controversial IT programmes. We sought to develop a sharper theoretical perspective on the question “What happens – at macro-, meso- and micro-level – when government tries to modernise a health service with the help of big IT?” Using examples from data fragments at the micro-level of clinical work, we considered how Structuration Theory and actor-network Theory (ANT) might be combined to inform empirical investigation. Giddens (1984) argued that social structures and human agency are recursively linked and co-evolve. ANT studies the relationships that link people and technologies in dynamic networks. It considers how discourses become inscribed in data structures and decision models of software, making certain network relations irreversible. Stones' (2005) strong Structuration Theory (SST) is a refinement of Giddens' work, systematically concerned with empirical research. It views human agents as linked in dynamic networks of position-practices. A quadripartite approcach considers [a] external social structures (conditions for action); [b] internal social structures (agents' capabilities and what they ‘know’ about the social world); [c] active agency and actions and [d] outcomes as they feed back on the position-practice network. In contrast to early Structuration Theory and ANT, SST insists on disciplined conceptual methodology and linking this with empirical evidence. In this paper, we adapt SST for the study of technology programmes, integrating elements from material interactionism and ANT. We argue, for example, that the position-practice network can be a socio-technical one in which technologies in conjunction with humans can be studied as ‘actants’. Human agents, with their complex socio-cultural frames, are required to instantiate technology in social practices. Structurally relevant properties inscribed and embedded in technological artefacts constrain and enable human agency. The fortunes of healthcare IT programmes might be studied in terms of the interplay between these factors.
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strategic context analysis a new research strategy for Structuration Theory
Sociology, 1991Co-Authors: Rob StonesAbstract:This article argues that a new form of methodological bracketing, strategic context analysis, is required by Structuration Theory if it is to meet the growing criticism best summed up by Nigel Thri...
Ahmed Othman Rashwan Kholeif - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Strong Structuration Theory in accounting research
Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2016Co-Authors: Alan Coad, Lisa Jack, Ahmed Othman Rashwan KholeifAbstract:Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the interdisciplinary use of strong Structuration Theory and consider the impact of this for accounting research. The paper also provides an overview of the contributions advanced by the other papers in this special issue of Accounting, Auditing and AccountabilityJournal (AAAJ). Design/methodology/approach This paper draws together and identifies key issues and themes related to the rapidly evolving interdisciplinary use of strong Structuration Theory and considers the relevance of these issues to accounting research. Findings The paper highlights that there is a growing use of strong Structuration Theory in a number of disciplines, such as in healthcare, learning studies, management, migration studies and childcare as well as in accounting. Within the accounting discipline, whilst the interest began in management accounting and control, there are ongoing studies of the not-for-profit sector, social and environmental accounting, financial reporting standards and audit. Using strong Structuration Theory, researchers are more interested in the people (individually or collectively) and their analysis of their conduct and context. They are moving forwards from an overly static use of the quadripartite framework to a more dynamic approach that also includes the other important central elements of strong Structuration that focus on the issue of agency in situ rather than on structure cut off from agency. Research limitations/implications The paper provides important insights into emerging issues and developments in strong Structuration Theory that have clear relevance to accounting research and practice as well as other disciplines. Originality/value This paper, and other contributions to this special issue of AAAJ, provide a basis and a research agenda for accounting scholars seeking to undertake empirical research using Stones’ strong Structuration Theory.
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Structuration Theory: reflections on its further potential for management accounting research
Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, 2015Co-Authors: Alan Coad, Lisa Jack, Ahmed Othman Rashwan KholeifAbstract:Purpose - – This paper aims to examine the potential of strong Structuration Theory in management accounting research. Design/methodology/approach - – The paper explains how the ontological perspective of strong Structuration Theory extends the work of Giddens and explores how the perspective overcomes a number of the limitations of existing management accounting research based on Structuration Theory. Findings - – Strong Structuration Theory develops and extends the work of Giddens, providing greater insights into the role of agents, improves our understanding of the diffusion of accounting practices through organisational fields, adds to our knowledge of how artefacts are used in the production and reproduction of organisational life and improves research design. Research limitations/implications - – Strong Structuration Theory provides clear guidance about management accounting case study research design, and suggests the potential for the accounting research community to engage more actively in debates about the development of Structuration Theory beyond the work of Giddens. Originality/value - – This paper provides a clear explanation of the ontology of strong Structuration Theory, its implications for research design and how it holds the potential to overcome many of the limitations of earlier management accounting studies deploying Structuration Theory.
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Structuration Theory reflections on its further potential for management accounting research
Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management, 2015Co-Authors: Alan Coad, Lisa Jack, Ahmed Othman Rashwan KholeifAbstract:Purpose – This paper aims to examine the potential of strong Structuration Theory in management accounting research. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explains how the ontological perspective of strong Structuration Theory extends the work of Giddens and explores how the perspective overcomes a number of the limitations of existing management accounting research based on Structuration Theory. Findings – Strong Structuration Theory develops and extends the work of Giddens, providing greater insights into the role of agents, improves our understanding of the diffusion of accounting practices through organisational fields, adds to our knowledge of how artefacts are used in the production and reproduction of organisational life and improves research design. Research limitations/implications – Strong Structuration Theory provides clear guidance about management accounting case study research design, and suggests the potential for the accounting research community to engage more actively in debates about ...
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Structuration Theory reflections on its further potential for management accounting research
2015Co-Authors: Alan Coad, Lisa Jack, Ahmed Othman Rashwan KholeifAbstract:Purpose: To examine the potential of strong Structuration Theory in management accounting research.Design/methodology/approach: The paper explains how the ontological perspective of strong Structuration Theory extends the work of Giddens and explores how the perspective overcomes a number of the limitations of existing management accounting research based on Structuration Theory.Findings: Strong Structuration Theory develops and extends the work of Giddens, providing greater insights into the role of agents, improves our understanding of the diffusion of accounting practices through organisational fields, adds to our knowledge of how artefacts are used in the production and reproduction of organisational life, and improves research design.Research limitations/implications: Strong Structuration Theory provides clear guidance about management accounting case study research design, and suggests the potential for the accounting research community to engage more actively in debates about the development of Structuration Theory beyond the work of Giddens.Originality/value: Provides a clear explanation of the ontology of strong Structuration Theory, its implications for research design, and how it holds the potential to overcome many of the limitations of earlier management accounting studies deploying Structuration Theory.
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introducing strong Structuration Theory for informing qualitative case studies in organization management and accounting research
Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, 2007Co-Authors: Lisa Jack, Ahmed Othman Rashwan KholeifAbstract:Purpose – The aim of this paper is to present a reinforced version of Structuration Theory, known as strong Structuration Theory, set out in Stones as a disciplined approach to qualitative case study research in the organization, management and accounting fields. This framework challenges the belief held by certain critics that Structuration Theory cannot be used in substantive empirical research but is only a sensitising device or analytical tool.Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual discussion is the approach of the paper.Findings – The key concepts of strong Structuration Theory are outlined and then put in the context first of two attempts to apply the framework to empirical research and second of two recent papers which address theoretically informed qualitative research and the use of Structuration Theory in IT studies.Research limitations/implications – There are some limitations of this paper. The framework offered was not used to set the original research questions in the two case studies em...
