The quality and success of scholarly work depends in large measure on the literature review process. This paper advances conceptual understanding process extends earlier guidelines reviews. It proposes a hermeneutic framework that integrates analysis interpretation search for literature. describes as fundamentally developing is iterative nature. Using circle it being constituted by searching, classifying mapping, critical assessment, argument development. approach emphasizes continuous...

General guidelines for conducting literature reviews often do not address the question of searches and dealing with a potentially large number identified sources. These issues are specifically addressed by so-called systematic (SLRs) that propose strict protocol search appraisal literature. Moreover, SLRs claimed to be ‘standardized method’ is replicable, transparent, objective, unbiased rigorous, thus superior other approaches reviews. significant consequential claims – despite increasing...

Our motivation for putting together this special issue on “Sociomateriality of Information Systems and Organizing” was the mounting interest in relationship between social material, context our increasingly digital society. The attention to is manifested emergence studies technology intended augment complement, but also importantly, question received views life (see Carlile et al. 2013a; Leonardi 2012; Suchman, 2007).

Research on telework often focuses the outcomes of telework, investigating if is ultimately a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ thing for teleworkers and their organisations. However, findings across research studies are inconclusive, requiring deeper engagement with potential explanations contradictory paradoxical results. This study uses virtual ethnography (netnography) to investigate naturally occurring data. By analysing online debates related Yahoo!'s decision ban its employees, this surfaces aspects...

Abstract Digital nomadism allows individuals to travel worldwide while using various forms of information technology (IT) work digitally. Places like Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Canggu, Bali/Indonesia, have gained popularity among digital nomads in the past decade. In contributing economies local communities, these nomads, with their unique characteristics, are an interesting, new visitor type. Governments starting recognise potential improve economies. However, impacts on culture economies,...

Conducting a literature review is vital part of any research. Library and information science (LIS) professionals often play central role in supporting academics their efforts to locate relevant publications teaching novice researchers skills associated with reviews. This paper examines processes the aim contributing better understanding complexity uncertainty propose new approach reviews: one capable dealing such uncertainty.

This paper aims to advance understanding of information systems (IS) through a critical reflection on how IS are currently defined in the literature. Using hermeneutic approach for conducting literature reviews identifies 34 definitions Based analysis these four different views distinguished: technology view emphasizing technological aspects IS, social socio cultural aspects, socio-technical interconnection and elements, process activity orientation IS. The critically examines contributions...

The paper questions common assumptions in the dominant representational framings of information systems success and failure proposes a performative perspective that conceives IS as relational effects performed by sociomaterial prac

What are the potential futures of knowledge work, given its transformation into almost exclusively digital work during COVID-19 pandemic crisis? Our ongoing research program on nomadism informs a Hegelian dialectical analysis and an envisioning future(s) work. We contrast Factory paradigm (thesis), exemplified by "ideal type" 9-to-5 corporate worker, with Hypermobility (antithesis), ideal type nomad. Reflecting this contrast, we envision possible as continuous spectrum, ranging from future...

<span>This paper reports research investigating web-mediated collaborative learning as a social interaction process from critical theory perspective. A communicative model of is proposed to help instructors analyse and improve the practice learning. The can also be used methodological instrument for inquiry into learning.</span>

Exploring the critical agenda in information systems researchThis special issue of Information Systems Journal (ISJ) is dedicated to (IS) research that involves a wide range diverse endeavours explore terrain beyond functionalist and positivist approaches, with aim transform IS practice IS-organization relationships.Critical studies share management (CMS) deep scepticism 'regarding moral defensibility social ecological sustainability prevailing conceptions forms organization' (Adler et al.,...

Abstract Crowdsourcing practices have generated much discussion on their ethics and fairness, yet these topics received little scholarly investigation. Some criticized crowdsourcing for worker exploitation undermining workplace regulations. Others lauded enabling workers' autonomy allowing disadvantaged people to access previously unreachable job markets. In this paper, we examine the in by focusing three questions: ( a ) What ethical issues exist practices? b are norms emerging or that...

High failure rates of information systems development (ISD) projects continue to trouble organizations and practices. Such a state affairs has been great concern for the discipline decades, motivating researchers focus on extensively study ISD project failure. However, increasing complexity uncertainty contemporary system processes are challenging scholarship. In this article, we ask questions: What contributions weaknesses extant failure/success literature? potential avenues move literature...

In this article, we focus on the growing evidence of unintended harmful societal effects automated algorithmic decision-making in transformative services (e.g. social welfare, healthcare, education, policing and criminal justice), for individuals, communities society at large. Drawing from long-established research pollution, particular its contemporary ‘pollution-as-harm’ notion, put forward a claim – provide that these constitute new type digital which name ‘algorithmic pollution’. Words...

The advent of ‘digital’ ways working and organising is unequivocally transforming the very fabric work, leading to an increasingly uncertain, unsettled, fluid environment. Research has traditionally anchored worker identity in fixed place-bound concepts. However, digital workplace, where work more akin a performance, unfolding over time, processual nature, our understanding theories are called into question. In this paper, we ask question: how performed such unsettled settings? To explain...

This paper situates the social implications of information systems (IS) within broader context progressive rationalization in modern organizations. Specifically, it examines roles IS play organizational processes and its implications. The proposes a rationality framework that synthesizes different approaches to reason provides conceptual model for critical analysis consequences organizations are enabled supported by IS. By drawing on field study interprets three cases order demonstrate how...