Boundary Objects, Social Meanings and the Success of New Technologies

Boundary objects are entities that enhance the capacity of an idea, theory or practice to translate across culturally defined boundaries, for example, between communities of knowledge or practice. This concept thus has potential to both explain and predict technology adoption; however, it remains so...

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Vydáno v:Sociology (Oxford) Ročník 45; číslo 1; s. 70 - 85
Hlavní autor: Fox, Nick J.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2011
Sage Publications Ltd
Cambridge University Press
Témata:
Adoption of Innovations
Antiseptics
Asepsis
Astronomical objects
Biomedical technology
Boundaries
Boundary objects
Case studies
Communities
Connotation
Culture
Germ theory
Historical analysis
Human Technology Relationship
Innovation
Innovations
Knowledge
Meaning
Medicine
New technology
Object
Social meaning
Sociology
Studies
Surgeons
Surgical specialties
Technological change
Technological innovation
Technology
Technology adoption
innovation
medicine
technology
boundary object
community of practice
ISSN:0038-0385, 1469-8684
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Shrnutí:Boundary objects are entities that enhance the capacity of an idea, theory or practice to translate across culturally defined boundaries, for example, between communities of knowledge or practice. This concept thus has potential to both explain and predict technology adoption; however, it remains sociologically under-theorized. This article assesses, by recourse to a historical case study of innovations in surgical sterility, how boundary objects work and their relationship to social meanings within communities of practice. It is concluded that not only are there positive and negative boundary objects, but that technological devices or processes may themselves act as facilitative or inhibitory boundary objects during innovation. The approach set out here has potential as a sociologically informed model of improving adoption of technologies and policies by managing the positive and negative social meanings of technology objects.
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ISSN:0038-0385
1469-8684
DOI:10.1177/0038038510387196