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Review: Giddens's Structuration Theory and Information Systems Research

Matthew Jones, Helena Karsten, Review: Giddens's Structuration Theory and Information Systems Research. MIS Quarterly 32(1), 127–157 plus appendix A1–A16, 2008.

Abstract:

The work of the contemporary British sociologist Anthony
Giddens, and in particular his structuration theory, has been
widely cited by Information Systems researchers. This paper
presents a critical review of the work of Giddens and its
application in the Information Systems field. Following a
brief overview of Giddens’s work as a whole, some key
aspects of structuration theory are described, and their implications
for Information Systems research discussed. We then
identify 331 Information Systems articles published between
1983 and 2004 that have drawn on Giddens’s work and analyze
their use of structuration theory. Based on this analysis
a number of features of structurational research in the Information
Systems field and its relationship to Giddens’s ideas
are discussed. These findings offer insight on Information
Systems researchers’ use of social theory in general and
suggest that there may be significant opportunities for the
Information Systems field in pursuing structurational
research that engages sympathetically, yet critically, with
Giddens’s work.

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BibTeX entry:

@ARTICLE{jJoKa08a,
  title = {Review: Giddens's Structuration Theory and Information Systems Research},
  author = {Jones, Matthew and Karsten, Helena},
  journal = {MIS Quarterly},
  volume = {32},
  number = {1},
  pages = {127–157 plus appendix A1–A16},
  year = {2008},
  keywords = {Structuration theory, review, IS research},
}

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