The significance of context in information systems and organizational change

By Chrisanthi Avgerou. Information Systems Journal, 2001

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Subfields: Management Information Systems, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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A Systematic Review of the Literature on Digital Transformation: Insights and Implications for Strategy and Organizational Change (2020, background): “…an organization can but not necessarily has to be affected, illustrating that firms attempt to achieve or remain fit with the contextual conditions, leading to new socio-organizational configurations (Avgerou, 2001), which may require incremental to fundamental adaptations depending on the context.”
Discourses on ICT and Development (2010, background): “…2007a), several 4 Information Technologies & International Development other theoretical approaches have been introduced to explore ICT innovation in the developing countries context, including neo-institutionalist and social constructionist analyses (Avgerou, 2001; Miscione, 2007; Silva, 2007).”
Digital innovation: A review and synthesis (2019, background): “Moving beyond the organization itself, the cultural and national context also shapes IS ‐ enabled organizational change efforts (Avgerou, 2001; Avgerou, 2008; Melville, 2010).”
Good governance, development theory, and aid policy: Risks and challenges of e-government in Jordan (2005, methodology): “We follow Avgerou (1989; 2001; 2002), Madon (1993), Walsham (1993), and Avgerou and Walsham (2000) in applying Pettigrew’s (1985; 1998) methodology for explaining how the context and its inner forces are relevant as major influence and determinant of how ICTs are understood and implemented,…”
Information systems in developing countries: a critical research review (2008, background): “…followed in ISDC studies (Braa et al ., 2007a), several other theoretical approaches have been introduced to explore IS innovation in the developing countries’ context, including neo-institutionalist and social constructionist analyses (Avgerou, 2001; Avgerou, 2003a; Miscione, 2007; Silva, 2007).”