Ordering theories: Typologies and conceptual frameworks for sociotechnical change

Ordering theories: Typologies and conceptual frameworks for sociotechnical change

What theories or concepts are most useful at explaining socio technical change? How can - or cannot - these be integrated? To provide an answer, this study presents the results from 35 semi-structured research interviews with social science experts who also shared more than two hundred articles, reports and books on the topic of the acceptance, adoption, use, or diffusion of technology. This ma...

Commitment, Theories and Typologies

An Overview of Conceptual Change Theories

Conceptual change researchers have made significant progress on two prominent but competing theoretical perspectives regarding knowledge structure coherence. These perspectives can be broadly characterized as (1) knowledge-as-theory perspectives and (2) knowledge-as-elements perspectives. These perspectives can be briefly summarized in terms of the following questions. Is a student’s knowledge ...

Trust Variety Conceptual Nature, Dimensions and Typologies

One common feature of studies on trust is the variety of the construct's typologies and the lack of a clear and generally agreed definition of the concept. This failure of alignment has been responsible for a lot of 'communication' problems among scholars. Often, when they suppose they are referring to the same construct, they are in reality dealing with very different concepts and types of tru...

Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks for Organised Violence