April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
494 pages
20h 8m
English
THIS CHAPTER EXAMINES power dynamics in organizations and their implications for the study of strategic Information Systems (IS). While power can be manifest in various forms and has a multitude of connotations and definitions (Jasperson et al. 2002; Lawrence et al. 2012) the definition1 of power followed here is, “the dimension of relationships through which the behaviors, attitudes, or opportunities of an actor are affected by another actor, system, or technology” (Lawrence et al. 2012, p. 105). Within IS research, such issues are typically accounted for in studies of conflicts, politics, surveillance and resistance ...
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