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MAKING SENSE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY AS A LEAD-IN TO STRUCTURING: THE CASE OF AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT.

ROSANNE M. SIINO

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PAMELA J. HINDS

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Published Online:13 Dec 2017https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2004.13862508

Abstract

Using ethnographic data collected during a hospital's pre-implementation of an autonomous mobile robot, we propose that the seeds of structuration are sown prior to the delivery of technology. The sensemaking process triggered by a technology's anticipated introduction sets the stage for structuration, drawing on existing social, organizational and technology structures.

Vol. 2004, No. 1

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Published online 13 December 2017

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