Visualizing institutional logics in sociomaterial practices

This paper aims to deepen our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the mutual constitution of competing institutional logics and sociomaterial entanglements by combining a sociomaterial lens with the institutional logics perspective. We present findings from an interpretive, longitudinal case...

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Published in:Information and organization Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 129 - 155
Main Authors: Hultin, Lotta, Mähring, Magnus
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2014
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Affordances
Biomedical materials
Emergency medical care
Focus of attention
Institutional logics
Medical technology
Organizational change
Sociomateriality
Studies
Teaching hospitals
Visualization
Visualization artifacts
Nordic region
Institutional logics
Sociomateriality
Affordances
Focus of attention
Visualization artifacts
Organizational change
ISSN:1471-7727, 1873-7919
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Summary:This paper aims to deepen our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the mutual constitution of competing institutional logics and sociomaterial entanglements by combining a sociomaterial lens with the institutional logics perspective. We present findings from an interpretive, longitudinal case study at the emergency general surgery ward of a Nordic university hospital. By focusing our analysis on how sociomaterial affordances emerge through the implementation, use and continued development of digital and physical visualization boards, we show how these artifacts constitute an integral part of the operational staff's sensemaking and enactment of a new institutional logic. We make two contributions. First, we show how the perceived affordances of a technology are created from the experience of using several different technologies and how the rejection of one technology can simultaneously constitute another. Second, we show how visualization artifacts, entangled in sociomaterial practices, can shape individual focus of attention and thus facilitate the integration of a new institutional logic in operational practice. •Visualization artifacts are integral to sensemaking and enacted institutional logics.•These artifacts, IT-based as well as physical, structure work practices.•They shape individual focus of attention and integrate new logics into practices.•Affordances are created from the experience of using several different technologies.•Rejection of a technology constitutes entanglement of other technologies in practice.
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ISSN:1471-7727
1873-7919
DOI:10.1016/j.infoandorg.2014.05.002