Distributed Agency using Digital Technologies

  • Raghu Garud (Ko-Autor*in)
  • Arun Kumaraswamy (Ko-Autor*in)
  • Philipp Türtscher (Ko-Autor*in)

Aktivität: Vortrag › Wissenschaftlicher Vortrag (Science-to-Science)

Beschreibung

We examine how digital technologies make it possible for actors who are distributed across time and space to collaborate asynchronously. We use Wikipedia as a research site for our exploration. Our focus in this paper is on the technology of work – in this case, embodied in the concept of a wiki. Our probe of Wikipedia highlights a distinctive property of such technologies: in their very use, they generate a digital trace. This digital trace makes it possible for multiple actors to engage asynchronously with an overall process of cumulative synthesis. We examine the implications of such processes for organizations that embrace technologies that possess properties embodied in Wikipedia.
Zeitraum7 Aug. 2009 → 11 Aug. 2009
EreignistitelAcademy of Management Annual Meeting
VeranstaltungstypKeine Angaben
BekanntheitsgradInternational

Österreichische Systematik der Wissenschaftszweige (ÖFOS)

  • 506009 Organisationstheorie
  • 502014 Innovationsforschung