Technology as an occasion for structuring: evidence from observations of CT scanners and the social order of radiology departments.

By Stephen R. Barley. 1986

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Fairness and Abstraction in Sociotechnical Systems (2019, background): “Sociologist Steve Barley noted that when CT scanners were introduced in two otherwise identical hospitals, the devices became a resource in an existing power struggle between radiologists and technicians over who could manage the machine or interpret its results [10].”
Coordination as Energy-in-Conversation (2005, unknown): “As a subdomain of communication research , discourse analysis is historically rooted in sociolinguistics (e.g., Barley, 1986; Brown & Ford, 1961) and consists of the subdomains of sociolinguistics, conversation analysis, cognitive linguistics, pragmatics, semiotics, literary and rhetorical language…”
Unpacking the Difference Between Digital Transformation and IT-Enabled Organizational Transformation (2021, background): “…work that highlighted the importance of integrating digital technology into one’s value proposition (Barrett et al., 2015; Günther et al., 2017; Huang et al., 2017) and that positioned digital technology within a central role for transforming work (Barley, 1986, 1990; Barrett & Walsham, 1999).”
Automation, Algorithms, and Beyond: Why Work Design Matters More Than Ever in a Digital World (2020, background): “In a seminal study by Barley (1986), the introduction of CT scanners led to the empowerment of radiological technologists in one hospital, whereas the radiologists remained more central in another hospital.”
The Downside of Self-Management: A Longitudinal Study of the Effects tf Conflict on Trust, Autonomy, and Task Interdependence in Self-Managing Teams (2007, background): “Barley (1986) pointed out how behavior and practices resulting from structure can shape human actions that in turn modify (or reaffirm) structures.”
Beyond answers: dimensions of the advice network (2001, background): “In addition, its use in achieving some organizational goal is also social because meaning which affords action is often a product of social interaction (Bartunek, 1984; Barley, 1986; Brown and Duguid, 1991; Kogut, 1996; Nonaka and Takeuchi, 1995; Szulanski, 1996; Wenger, 1998).”
Enterprise Information Systems as Objects and Carriers of Institutional Forces: The New Iron Cage? (2004, background): “Structuration theory, based on Giddens’ (1984) institutional theory of social evolution, has been a key lens to theorize about the organizational use and adaptation of technology (Barley, 1986; Orlikowski, 1992; Orlikowski and Robey, 1991).”
A General Dynamic Capability: Does it Propagate Business and Social Competencies in the Retail Food Industry?* (2006, background): “We also believe that the processes of competency acquisition could be fruitfully explored in qualitative terms via case studies, a good example of this kind of work being Barley (1986).”
It's About Time: Temporal Structuring in Organizations (2002, background): “Our view, in contrast, understands these as temporal structures which (like social structures in general) "specify parameters of acceptable conduct, but [. . .] are also modified by the actions they inform" (Barley 1986, p. 80).”
Relational Leadership Theory: Exploring the social processes of leadership and organizing (2006, background): “In contrast to traditional leadership perspectives that view structure as the prescribed framework of the organization, directed by managerial leaders, research investigating Relational Leadership Theory as a process of structuring (Barley, 1986; Fombrun, 1986; Giddens, 1984; Weick, 2001) or organiz”
Gainsharing and Organizational Learning: An Analysis of Employee Suggestions Over Time (2001, background): “Barley's (1986) study of organization and role changes following the introduction of CT scanners in two organizations provides a powerful example of this perspective.”
From dissonance to resonance: cognitive interdependence in quantitative finance (2012, unknown): “Their study begins to explore the distinct organizational properties of quantitative finance.”