The concept of appropriation is frequently used in IT implementation research. Rooted in the analysis of the diffusion of innovation, this concept is usually linked with characteristics of an organization’s structure, size, and sector. Since the 1980s, appropriation has been actively studied by IT researchers, who linked it with technological attributions and characteristics of users. In this p...

Research on the adoption of information systems (IS) often stated technology as a fixed entity. Following the ’practical turn’ in IS we argue that information technology artefacts are mainly ’cultural artefacts’, which are shaped in a social process of appropriation where software usage is accompanied by processes of interpretation, negotiation or change in organizations. We elaborate on a (neo...

Social dilemmas characterize decision environments in which individuals’ exclusive pursuit of their own material self-interest can produce inefficient allocations. Social dilemmas are most commonly studied in provision games, such as public goods games and trust games, in which the social dilemma can be manifested in foregone opportunities to create surplus. Appropriation games are sometimes us...

Ethnographies often show that users appropriate and adapt technology in ways never envisaged by the designers, or even deliberately subverting the designers’ intentions. As design can never be complete, such appropriation is regarded as an important and positive phenomenon. However designing for appropriation is often seen as an oxymoron; it appears impossible to design for the unexpected. In t...

This research uses an appropriation perspective to explore how project management norms are concretely used in context. We have drawn on AST (Adaptive Structuration Theory) to study the appropriation of norms by I.T project managers, using three case studies. Direct appropriation moves have been observed from each project manager, as well as faithfulness to the spirit of PM norms. However a tho...

The evolution of mobile communication devices and services has taken up a dynamic that makes any prognosis in the field almost impossible. Whereas part of this dynamic may remain inscrutable, we believe that a much higher degree of explanation can be achieved by systematically paying closer attention to the process of appropriation. To seize upon this potential, we present an integrative model ...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the processes of value creation and appropriation among companies in a reverse clothing supply chain. Design/methodology/approach: This research is based on an inductive case study approach at fashion retailers, charity organisations, commercial recyclers, and specialised sorting companies involved in take back schemes for used clothes in the rev...

Information and communication technologies have invaded the field of training, though their performances have, up until now, been judged by companies to be insufficient. Among the origins of this state of affairs, we consider that the lack of knowledge of what happens in a “real use situation” plays an important role. Indeed, understanding what is involved in learners-system interactions is fun...

One of the foundational questions underlying strategy research relates to identifying characteristics of economic situations that enable value appropriation by firms. Recently, MacDonald & Ryall (2004) presented a coalition game based framework within which the mechanism of value appropriation in competitive situations can be formally modeled and analyzed. They subsequently use their formulatio...

This paper proposes an experiment using GSS in a longitudinal study to develop an appropriation model using structural equation modeling. The study will examine the relationship of the three levels of appropriation along with outcome and decision satisfaction, determinants of system success.