Ten Theses on Technology and Organization: Introduction to the Special Issue

Timon Beyes; Wendy Hui Kyong Chun; Jean Clarke; Mikkel Flyverbom; Robin Holt

doi:10.1177/01708406221100028

Ten Theses on Technology and Organization: Introduction to the Special Issue

Timon Beyes, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Jean Clarke, Mikkel Flyverbom, Robin Holt^*

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We advance ten theses on the nature of technology and organization studies. We suggest there has been very little theorizing and reflection on technology (as technology) in the study of organization. Though technology has been addressed extensively, it is nearly always as a tool deployed for organizational ends; technology itself is assumed to have no consequence. In contrast, the ten theses state, in various ways, what it is to think organization through the mediation of technology, and to think of technology as more than an array of (mute) material objects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1001-1018
Number of pages	18
Journal	Organization Studies
Volume	43
Issue number	7
Early online date	30 Apr 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406221100028
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2022

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MGMT Strategy International Management and Business and Entrepreneurship

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human–machine relations
media
organization
technology
MGMT Strategy International Management and Business and Entrepreneurship

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