The mediating role of IT knowledge integration capability in the relationship between team performance and team climate
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: The latest advances in the field of communication tools and networks have led to the development of\n‘mobile’ technologies. Mobile technologies provide workers with almost permanent access to their\ncompany’s Information System (IS) and continual availability of information in time and space,\nthereby contributing to the development of “mobile IS.” Mobile IS generate a reconstruction of the\nrelationship between time and space, and act as catalysts of deeper social and human changes,\nleading to ambivalent effects in the field of management. More particularly, a paradox emerges with\nrespect to mobile IS as they can be considered in turn as instruments of autonomy and freedom or\ncontrol of distance activities. To what extent are the interactions between mobile IS and\norganizational actors liable to change the company’s control systems? In this paper, we argue that a\nFoucauldian approach can enrich our understanding of the evolution of organizational control linked\nto mobile IS. We present the results of four case studies (based on 85 semi-structured interviews and\n10 days of observation). This research shows the relevance of Foucault’s conceptual framework\n(linking discourses, discipline and ethics) to explore the interactions between IS, the organization and\nindividual actors, in a political perspective.
Author: Aurelie Leclerq
Institution: Institut d'Economie Scientifique Et de Gestion
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1535464636