User-Technology Interaction

2022 ◽  
pp. 16-30
Author(s):  
Daielly Melina Nassif Mantovani ◽  
Durval Lucas Jr
Keyword(s):  
Text Mining ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Adaptive Structuration Theory ◽  
Adaptive Structuration ◽  
Magazine Articles

One of the major challenges for e-commerce transactions and e-payments consolidation is related to micropayments. Due to their cost and ease of use, companies are reluctant to implement solutions focused on micropayments. To face this challenge and keep modernising the Brazilian financial sector and increase competition, Brazilian Central Bank has created PIX, a platform oriented to enable digital transfers 24/7 free for the user. The adoption of this platform has been a great success, especially among younger users, who popularise PIX with an unusual goal: flirting. Given that adaptive structuration theory (AST) states usages of technological artefacts diverse from the previously conceived, this chapter aims to discuss the adoption of micropayment platforms, remarking unplanned uses of the system by consumers. For this purpose, the authors analysed secondary data about the adoption of PIX and text mining focused on newspapers and magazine articles related to the use of PIX by the young.

Stressing Office Technology's Non-Technical Side

2011 ◽  
pp. 225-262
Author(s):  
Huub J.M. Ruel
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Technology Implementation ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
Adaptive Structuration Theory ◽  
Clear Image ◽  
Information Technology Use ◽  
Adaptive Structuration ◽  
Advanced Information Technology

Office technology projects are not a “quick and easy fix”. They often fail to meet their objectives. This is probably due to a lack of attention for the non-technical element in office technology projects. To develop this non-technical side, in this chapter we introduce the concepts of spirit and appropriation, adopted from Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST). Spirit concerns the intention of a certain technology. Advanced information technology use must be considered as a matter of appropriation. In theory, office technology carries a certain spirit, which should guide users, but this spirit can only be materialized when users work with, or appropriate, the technology. A precondition is that users have to have a clear image of this spirit. In this chapter, we report about the results of a study that show that if users of office technology find the spirit of the technology clear, they incorporate the technology better in their day-to-day tasks. Based upon these results we come up with a number of recommendations for office technology implementation and use.

Studying Human Resource Information Systems Implementation using Adaptive Structuration Theory

2011 ◽  
pp. 1715-1729
Author(s):  
Huub Ruël
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
End Users ◽  
Adaptive Structuration Theory ◽  
Resource Information ◽  
Systems Implementation ◽  
Adaptive Structuration ◽  
Information Systems Implementation

Research on Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) implementation lacks theoretical depth and richness. For that reason this paper applies a theory to HRIS implementation developed by Gerardine DeSanctis and Marshal Scott Poole originally for studying information systems implementation, namely Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST). AST is based on Structuration Theory, a theory from sociology, and assumes that information systems and organizations are fundamentally interrelated. They influence each other mutually. In this paper concepts from AST are applied to a HRIS implementation at Dow Chemicals. The case shows how a HRIS’ philosophy through appropriation by end-users is being realized in HRIS outcomes.

scholarly journals Investigating Finance-Growth Nexus: Further Evidence from Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeola Yahya Oyebowale ◽  
Noah Kofi Karley
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Financial Sector Development

This study investigates the influence of financial sector development on economic growth in Nigeria during the period 1982 to 2015. As such, the study obtained annual secondary data from the Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletins and World Bank financial database. The empirical model for this study examines growth in savings, growth in exchange rate, growth in government expenditure, growth in stock market capitalization, growth in credit to private sector, growth in gross capital formation, growth in trade openness and growth in broad money on economic growth in Nigeria. The multiple regression output reveals that growth in government expenditure and growth in gross capital formation are statistically significant on economic growth in Nigeria at 1% and 10% respectively under the period under investigation while other regressors in the model prove to be statistically insignificant. VAR test shows that there is considerable short-run causality running from lags of regressors to economic growth in Nigeria except for lag 1 of growth in exchange rate and lag 2 of growth in credit to private sector. The granger causality test reveals the existence of bi-directional causality between financial sector development and economic growth in Nigeria during the period under investigation. Hence, this study supports the ‘feedback hypothesis’ view on finance-growth. Based on these empirical results, this study recommends effective channeling of funds to the private sector and autonomy of the Central Bank of Nigeria in the use of monetary policy tools.

How to Manage Virtual Communities and Teams using Adjacencies

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-56
Author(s):  
Marc Diviné ◽  
Julie Stal Le Cardinal
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Adaptive Structuration Theory ◽  
Common View ◽  
Strategic Vision ◽  
Adaptive Structuration ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
D Model

This paper aims at responding to the need for specific management of virtual entities. It proposes a flexible process based on Functional Analysis and Adaptive Structuration Theory, called Virtual Entities Management Support (VEMS). Starting from environmental requirements analysis, the method helps to choose functions, attitudes, and tools based on a strategic vision in three dimensions: the virtual entity value addition, the members' satisfaction, and the entity flexible frontiers. It leverages the powerful concept of adjacent individuals and adjacent communities inside the 3-D model. The full process is detailed and applied to five virtual entities inside and outside the industry. It raised a common view of 21 best attitudes. The paper provides managerial guidelines to managers of virtual entities.

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