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Just a Machine for Doing Business?: Sociomaterial Configurations of the Intranet in a Post-merger Telecommunications Company - Couverture souple

Katja Schönian

 
9783837661873: Just a Machine for Doing Business?: Sociomaterial Configurations of the Intranet in a Post-merger Telecommunications Company
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3837661873 ISBN 13 : 9783837661873
Editeur : Transcript Verlag, 2022

Synopsis

How is a new intranet involved in an ongoing merger integration process? Katja Schönian analyses internal communication and branding strategies in connection with the implementation of a new company intranet. Based on qualitative data, the study contrasts managerial expectations and everyday usage of the intranet in distinct work settings. Relying on social practice theories and research in Science & Technology Studies, Katja Schönian unpacks the different logics the intranet brings together and, furthermore, interrogates the characteristics that make an (un)workable technology. The book sheds light on the informal practices and politics surrounding the technology implementation process. It provides readers with new insights into the dynamics of a merger integration process, the production of worker subjectivity, and the increasing involvement of technologies in contemporary knowledge work.

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À propos de l'auteur

Katja Schönian gained her PhD at Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder. Prior to this, she completed the three-year postgraduate programme »Sociology of Social Practices« at the Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS) in Vienna where she also worked as a junior researcher. She holds a Master's degree in »Critical and Creative Analysis« from the Sociology Department at Goldsmiths College, University of London and finished the BA-programme »Philosophy and Culture« at Universität Witten/Herdecke. Her research interests involve the study of work practices and technologies, consumer research, and methodological innovations within qualitative research.

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Éditeur
Transcript Verlag
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3837661873
ISBN 13 
9783837661873
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
244
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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