Sociomateriality — taking the wrong turning? A response to Mutch
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Scott_Orlikowski Response to Mutch for I&O.pdf
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Scott, Susan V.
Orlikowski, Wanda J
Date Issued
March 2013
Journal
Information and Organization
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Elsevier
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Scott, Susan V., and Wanda J. Orlikowski. “Sociomateriality — Taking the Wrong Turning? A Response to Mutch.” Information and Organization 23.2 (2013): 77–80.
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Abstract
In responding to Mutch's (2013) commentary on sociomateriality, our aim is to reassert a well-established tradition of plurality in theoretical approaches in information systems and organization research. We challenge his critique by proxy and exclusionary discourse in favour of identifying commonalities and mutuality among theories that explore subtle realism. Further, we maintain that ruling out novel perspectives and stifling innovation is likely to undermine any field of study. If there is a measure of healthy scholarship then it is surely our capacity to sustain the conditions that foster openness and experimentation in the framing and doing of our research endeavors.
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Sloan School of Management
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoandorg.2013.02.003
