Organizational theory emphasizes how new organizational forms are produced by technological innovation but has glossed over the role of cultural innovation. This chapter suggests that social movements are important sources of cultural innovation and identifies the scope conditions under which social movements create new organizational forms. By doing so, it lends substance to the notion of inst...

This paper argues that substantive and sustainable population-wide improvements in physical activity can be achieved only through the large scale adoption and implementation of policies and practices that make being active the default choice and remaining inactive difficult. Meta-volition refers to the volition and collective agency of early adopter leaders who implement such changes in their o...

This research addresses the question of explaining the Internet-related performance of a firm by relying on the Strategic Alignment Model. Following a contingent approach, the conceptual framework sheds light on the coherence between Internet use, business, organization and technology. The research model is applied to the main companies of the French tourism sector. The adopted methodology is b...

: social capital represents the set of interpersonal relationships which provide resources that create value for individuals in organizations. the present paper aims at investigating the relationship between information justice and social capital in islamic azad university south tehran branch. the method of the research is descriptive-correlational and regarding the aim it is functional. the me...

Information systems are designed, constructed, and used by people. Therefore, a software design process is not purely a technical task, but a complex psycho-socio-technical process embedded within organizational, cultural, and social structures. These structures influence the behavior and products of the programmer’s work such as source code and documentation. This chapter (1) discusses the non...

New system design and evaluation methodologies are being developed to address social, organizational, political, cultural, and other nontechnological issues in information systems. This paper presents a social interactionist framework for researching these kinds of organizational issues. The framework is influenced by theoretical models of organizational change, user resistance, adoption and us...

This paper contributes to the literature on organizational change by examining organizations as social entities embedded in inter-organizational networks. In contrast with extant research that focuses on macro environmental and internal factors to explain organizational change, we put forth the social network surrounding the firm as a major driver of any change process. Specifically, we examine...

The knowledge-based economy has created the need for new learning models that are making a bigger case of the human dimension (such as motivation or social aspects) and of the organizational contexts (such as the organizational goals). This paper presents some design principles for the elaboration of eLearning systems following these new models. These principles rely on the idea of providing th...

This research-in-progress paper investigates the relationship among the use of social networking sites (SNSs), users’ social capital and knowledge sharing through digital Word of Mouth (WOM). The rise of SNSs has changed the way people interact and network. SNSs make it possible for users to keep track of their existing relationships and to build new ones. The SNSs have potential to build socia...