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Habitus, resistance, and change: some thoughts on technology implementation practice

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posted on 2023-06-08, 19:06 authored by Yukika Awazu, Susan Newell
Drawing on Bourdieu's (1977) theory of practice and Pickering's (1995) mangle of practice, we investigate how an implementation of an enterprise-wide technology was being practiced. Based on an ethnographic examination in a software manufacturing organization, we present four episodes of practice that are related to two primary challenges: the lack of skilled staff and the lack of a shared image of the to-be developed system. The episodes are analyzed and discussed through a practice-lens but in doing this we focus on two somewhat distinctive practice views: one view which considers habitual practice that lead to reproducing and the other which considers how practice involves accommodations in response to resistance. Combining these two views, our interest is to understand how and when practices reinforce or change routines in technology implementation. The findings indicate the complex relationships among reproducing and accommodation practices in relation to objects, occupational status, and goal ambiguity. © (2013) by the AIS/ICIS Administrative Office All rights reserved.

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  • Published

Journal

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013): Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design

Volume

2

Page range

1757-1775

Presentation Type

  • paper

Event name

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013): Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design

Event location

Milan, Italy

Event type

conference

Event date

15-18 December 2013

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  • Business and Management Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2014-11-26

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