The paper focuses on the relationships between power and technology in the field of organization studies, shedding light on the conceptual juxtapositions arousing from the debate. It discusses the many concepts of power and the relationship between digital technologies and power. Then it focuses on the role of digital technologies with respect to automation processes and control dynamics and deepens the transformations of jobs and professions in relation to digital technologies’ adoption. The contribution calls for overcoming the dualistic nature of debates, so to understand sociality and materiality, power and technology as a form of continuum.

Bruni, A., Miele, F., Pittino, D., Tirabeni, L. (2020). On the dualistic nature of power and (digital) technology in organizing processes. STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI, Special Issue 2020, 207-219.

On the dualistic nature of power and (digital) technology in organizing processes

Tirabeni, L.
2020

Abstract

The paper focuses on the relationships between power and technology in the field of organization studies, shedding light on the conceptual juxtapositions arousing from the debate. It discusses the many concepts of power and the relationship between digital technologies and power. Then it focuses on the role of digital technologies with respect to automation processes and control dynamics and deepens the transformations of jobs and professions in relation to digital technologies’ adoption. The contribution calls for overcoming the dualistic nature of debates, so to understand sociality and materiality, power and technology as a form of continuum.
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organization; organizing; power; digital technology; sociomateriality
English
2020
Special Issue 2020
207
219
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Bruni, A., Miele, F., Pittino, D., Tirabeni, L. (2020). On the dualistic nature of power and (digital) technology in organizing processes. STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI, Special Issue 2020, 207-219.
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