Studies of information technology tend to focus on the technical aspects of the field. This book is based on a national study of the people working with information technology. Through comprehensive and multifaceted analyses it depicts the structuring of the social field emerging from the different types of information technology environments. It is a sociological study of organisations and actors engaged in the production, implementation and application of information technology. Mapping the IT field, the authors focus on three different types of social dynamics:
• Information Technology Cultures. Prevailing norms, symbols and beliefs among IT people.
• Actors, Networks and Organisations at the Edge of the IT Field. The role of mediators in the dissemination of IT.
• The IT People - Strategies, Skills and Careers. New developments in the occupational structure of IT people and the strategies they pursue.
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0899258603
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9780899258607
Social Dynamics Of The It Field: The Case Of Denmark
Studies of information technology tend to focus on the technical aspects of the field. This book is based on a national study of the people working with information technology. Through comprehensive and multifaceted analyses it depicts the structuring of the social field emerging from the different types of information technology environments. It is a sociological study of organisations and actors engaged in the production, implementation and application of information technology. Mapping the IT field, the authors focus on three different types of social dynamics:
• Information Technology Cultures. Prevailing norms, symbols and beliefs among IT people.
• Actors, Networks and Organisations at the Edge of the IT Field. The role of mediators in the dissemination of IT.
• The IT People - Strategies, Skills and Careers. New developments in the occupational structure of IT people and the strategies they pursue.