Les outils informatiques occupent une place grandissante dans la vie des organisations. L'étude des dynamiques sociales liées à leurs usages est ainsi devenue une préoccupation importante pour les sciences sociales. L'article qui suit présente une synthèse des travaux récents sur cette...

The following article suggests a critical realistic framework, which aims at modeling sociotechnical change linked to end-users' IT appropriation: the "archetypal approach". The basic situations it includes (the "sociotechnical archetypes"), and the possible appropriative trajectories that...

Several researchers in the field of sociology, management or information systems have recently invited the community interested in the technology-person relationship to overcome the 'user' notion and the specific schemes related to sociotechnical interaction. Based on Archer's (1982, 1995, 2003)...

Computers and software occupy an ever bigger place in an organization’s activities. Studying the social dynamics of their uses has thus become a major preoccupation for the social sciences. An overview of recent studies, in particular “structurationist” research, on this subject is...

Les outils informatiques occupent une place grandissante dans la vie des organisations. L’étude des dynamiques sociales liées à leurs usages est ainsi devenue une préoccupation importante pour les sciences sociales. L’article qui suit présente une synthèse des travaux récents sur...

The following article suggests a critical realistic framework, which aims at modeling sociotechnical change linked to end-users' IT appropriation: the "archetypal approach". The basic situations it includes (the "sociotechnical archetypes"), and the possible appropriative trajectories that...