Critical Views of Organization, Management, and Information Technology:Applying Critical Social Theory to Information System Research

摘要

The authors examine the use of Critical Social Theory inrnInformation System research. A critique is developedrnthrough a comparison of existing use of theory withrnempirical evidence from the authors' recent research.rnThree questions form a basis for discussion. (1) How dornnew, distributed information system environments fitrnwithin existing critical frameworks of organization andrnmanagement? (2) How does current theory shape ourrnunderstanding of information technology? (3) Asrnresearchers using CST, where should our focus be inrnstudying IT processes?