Boundary Matters: The Dynamics of Boundary Objects, Information Infrastructures, and Organisational Identities
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: In this work I set out to examine the organisational implications of the introduction of new information systems that are designed for the sharing of information and collaboration across organisational boundaries.I highlight the social processes within and across organisations in which information systems are implicated.To do so, I conceptualise information systems as boundary objects and examine them in relation to the information infrastructures within which they are embedded and the identities of the organisations that share them during a process of technology-enabled change.I present
Author: Uri Gal
Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2618317988