TY - JOUR

T1 - Ten Theses on Technology and Organization

T2 - Introduction to the Special Issue

AU - Beyes, Timon

AU - Chun, Wendy Hui Kyong

AU - Clarke, Jean

AU - Flyverbom, Mikkel

AU - Holt, Robin

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2022.

PY - 2022/7/1

Y1 - 2022/7/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - control

KW - human–machine relations

KW - media

KW - organization

KW - technology

KW - Digital media

KW - Media and communication studies

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U2 - 10.1177/01708406221100028

DO - 10.1177/01708406221100028

M3 - Other (editorial matter etc.)

AN - SCOPUS:85133693295

VL - 43

SP - 1001

EP - 1018

JO - Organization Studies

JF - Organization Studies

SN - 0170-8406

IS - 7

ER -