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标题：How Should Technology-Mediated Organizational Change Be Explained? A Comparison of the Contributions of Critical Realism and Activity Theory
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作者：Allen, David K ; Brown, Andrew ; Karanasios, Stan 等
期刊名称：Management Information Systems Quarterly
出版年度：2013
卷号：37
期号：3
页码：835-854
出版社：Association for Information Systems
摘要：In this paper, critical realism and activity theory are compared within the context of theorizing technology-mediated organizational change. An activity theoretic analysis of the implementation of large-scale disruptive information systems in a public sector setting (in particular concerning paramedic treatment of heart attack patients and ambulance dispatch work activity) is used to illustrate how activity theory makes a significant contribution to critical realism, by (1)　locating technology within "activity systems" and theorizing change through contradictions and congruencies within those systems; (2)　developing recent critical realism-inspired theorization of the "inscription" of cultural and social relations within technology; and (3)　developing recent insights of critical realist researchers regarding the way in which the performance management agenda is mediated through IS.
关键词：Critical realism; activity theory; theory; information systems; organization change; evaluation