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Five Roles of an Information System: A Social ...
inform.nuA Social Constructionist Approach to Analysing the Use of ERP Systems Linda Askenäs and Alf Westelius Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden linas@ida.liu.se alfwe@ida.liu.se Abstract This paper presents a novel way of thinking about how information systems are used in organisations.
Differing approaches to language and gender
pdcrodas.webs.ull.esdynamic or social constructionist approach. They developed in a historical sequence, but the emergence of a new approach did not mean that earlier approaches were superseded. In fact, at any one time these different approaches could be described as existing in a state of tension with each other. It is probably true to say, though, that most
Social work and social problems : A contribution from ...
www.diva-portal.orgview the essentialist stance is an obstacle to theory development (see Spector & Kitsuse, 1987 [1977]). We suggest that there is considerable potential for the development of a theory of social problems in social work once a re-orientation is made from ‘what’ questions to non-essentialist ‘how’ questions.
Triangulation in Social Research: Qualitative and ...
research.apc.orgall social objects are merely socially constructed. This idea is rejected only in a guarded sense. Constructionism itself appears too simplistic to serve as a methodology in itself (as did positivism, and as does empiricism; see Fay, 1996). A realist alternative has been offered (Sayer, 1992). Realism argues that social objects