At the turn of the 21st century, Wanda Orlikowski and Steve Barley urged scholars of organizations and information systems to learn more from each other to understand how technologies are changing the world. They have joined forces again to curate a virtual special issue, titled "Technologies change, the charge remains the same." Read their reflections and ten exemplar papers in our ASQ-MISQ virtual collection!
The articles cover topics such as Human Agency and Materiality, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and Professional Expertise, Platforms as Market Intermediaries, Online Communities, and Technology and Professional Jurisdictions. This interdisciplinary collaboration between ASQ and MISQ originated from a conversation between journal editors hosted by the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) network.
Barley, S. R., & Orlikowski, W. J. (2023). Technologies change, the charge remains the same. Administrative Science Quarterly & MIS Quarterly Research Curation.
1. Human Agency and Materiality
Leonardi, P. M. (2011). When flexible routines meet flexible technologies: Affordance, constraint, and the imbrication of human and material agencies. MIS Quarterly, 35(1), 147–167.
Interview: "The Inside Story of Leonardi"
Essén, A., & Värlander, S. W. (2019). How technology-afforded practices at the micro-level can generate change at the field level: Theorizing the recursive mechanism actualized in Swedish rheumatology 2000–2014. MIS Quarterly, 43(4), 1155–1176.
Explainer video: "Values, norms, and technology"
2. Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and Professional Expertise
Lebovitz, S., Levina, N., & Lifshitz-Assaf, H. (2021). Is AI ground truth really true? The dangers of training and evaluating AI tools based on experts' know-what. MIS Quarterly, 45(3), 1501–1525.
Video: "Is AI Ground Truth Really True?"
van den Broek, E., Sergeeva, A., & Huysman, M. (2021). When the machine meets the expert: An ethnography of developing AI for hiring. MIS Quarterly, 45(3), 1557–1580.
Lecture: "When the Machine Meets the Expert: An Ethnography of Developing AI for Hiring"
Beane, M. (2019). Shadow learning: Building robotic surgical skill when approved means fail. Administrative Science Quarterly, 64(1), 87–123.
TED talk: "How do we learn to work with intelligent machines?"
3. Platforms as Market Intermediaries
Rahman, H. A. (2021). The invisible cage: Workers' reactivity to opaque algorithmic evaluations. Administrative Science Quarterly, 66(4), 945–988.
Video: "The Invisible Cage"
Curchod, C., Patriotta, G., Cohen, L., & Neysen, N. (2020). Working for an algorithm: Power asymmetries and agency in online work settings. Administrative Science Quarterly, 65(3), 644–676.
Interview: ASQ Blog
4. Online Communities
Massa, F. G., & O'Mahony, S. (2021). Order from chaos: How networked activists self-organize by creating a participation architecture. Administrative Science Quarterly, 66(4), 1037–1083.
Video: "Order from Chaos"
Vaast, E., & Pinsonneault, A. (2021). When digital technologies enable and threaten occupational identity: The delicate balancing act of data scientists. MIS Quarterly, 45(3), 1087–1112.
Video: "Occupational Identity"
5. Technology and Professional Jurisdictions
Bechky, B. A. (2020). Evaluative spillovers from technological change: The effects of "DNA envy" on occupational practices in forensic science. Administrative Science Quarterly, 65(3), 606–643.
Interview: ASQ Blog
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Christine Beckman
University of Southern California
Los Angeles CA
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