Positioning the Institutional Perspective in Information Technology Muriel Mignerat, Ph.D. Candidate

Muriel Mignerat Ph.D. Candidate Introduction  Growing interest for institutional theory in IT  The institutional perspective  Methodology  Research Framework (Scott, 2001): top-down and bottom-up processes

Research Framework (Scott, 2001) Societal Institutions Models and Menus Governance Structures: Fields Organizations Actors Constitutive Activities diffusion imposition invention negotiation diffusion imposition invention negotiation diffusion imposition invention negotiation interpretation innovation error socialization sanctions

Research Framework (Scott, 2001) Societal Institutions Models and Menus Governance Structures: Fields Organizations Actors Constitutive Activities Governments-institutions in IT innovation (King et al, 1994; Silva and Figueroa, 2002) invention negotiation Mimetic, coercive, and normative pressures influence organization’s intentions to adopt an interorg. linkage (Teo et al,2003), and system development decisions (Nicolaou, 1999) Individual firm strategic responses (Ang and Cummings, 1997) Organizational contexts shape ICT-related practices between actors (Lamb and Kling, 2003) IT innovation (King et al, 1994) interpretation innovation error socialization sanctions

Muriel Mignerat Ph.D. Candidate Conclusion - Contributions  The IT artefact as a carrier of institutional forces  DiMaggio and Powell’s (1983) influence  Disproportionate focus on lower levels of analysis  Positivist vs. Interpretive approaches