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Wanda J. Orlikowski C. Suzanne Iacono

Research Commentary: Desperately Seeking the “IT” in IT Research- A Call to Theorizing the IT Artifact. Wanda J. Orlikowski C. Suzanne Iacono. Information Systems Research - 2001. Seyedreza Mousavi – Fall 2011. CIS 791. Key Findings. Tool. Engineered artifact. Proxy.

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Wanda J. Orlikowski C. Suzanne Iacono

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  1. Research Commentary: Desperately Seeking the “IT” in IT Research- A Call to Theorizing the IT Artifact Wanda J. Orlikowski C. Suzanne Iacono Information Systems Research - 2001 SeyedrezaMousavi – Fall 2011 CIS 791

  2. Key Findings Tool Engineered artifact Proxy A few key elements Technology Ensemble Package view Computational Computational power of IT Nominal Invoke IT in name not in fact

  3. Classification of Articles in ISR (1990–1999) byConceptualization of Information Technology

  4. Five Premises for Theorizing about IT Artifacts • IT artifacts are not natural, neutral, universal, or given • IT artifacts are always embedded in some time, place, discourse, and community • IT artifacts are usually made up of a multiplicity of often fragile and fragmentary components • IT artifacts are neither fixed nor independent, but they emerge from ongoing social and economic practices • IT artifacts are not static or unchanging, but dynamic

  5. Strengths An interesting argument • Useful resource for future researches in IS (1228 citations in Google Scholar)

  6. Weaknesses • Why all articles of ISR??? • Generalizability • Editorial Board • Computer Science researchers • Studied What not How or Why (Extension) • They measured something and discussed something else!

  7. Future Research • Study of good examples to provide support for the implications • Studying a sample of articles published in different journals not just in one • Providing

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