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Rossi, Matti, Nandhakumar, Joe and Mattila, Merja (2020) Balancing fluid and cemented routines in a digital workplace. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 29 (2). 101616. doi:10.1016/j.jsis.2020.101616
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2020.101616
Abstract
Advanced workplace technologies are increasingly used alongside traditional enterprise software packages (such as enterprise resource planning) in the workplace. However, we have only limited understanding of how different kinds of technologies are used to dynamically shape work routines and fluidity in a digital workplace. We conducted an in-depth six-year study of the use of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system by a large information technology service provider company. The company used the system to manage its global staffing processes. We explored how the users of this system sought to achieve the fluidity needed to do their work. Our findings show that users balance two patterns of routine performance through different technologies with varying degrees of malleability: one to generate fluidity and another to generate stability. We call this process ‘generative balancing’. Our research contributes to the literature on workplace technologies and ERP use by providing insights into how the use of technologies with different degrees of malleability helps to craft digital workspaces and enables users to deal with tensions between accomplishing local-level performance and realizing corporate-level strategic intents.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Information Systems & Management | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Personal Internet use in the workplace, Business enterprises -- Computer networks, Telecommunication, Business enterprises -- Technological innovations, Technological innovations -- Management, Enterprise resource planning | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Strategic Information Systems | ||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0963-8687 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 18 June 2020 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 29 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 101616 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jsis.2020.101616 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
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