Difference between revisions of "Boundary object theory"
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== IS articles that use the theory == | == IS articles that use the theory == | ||
| + | Boland, R.J., and Tenkasi, R.V. 1995. "Perspective Making and Perspective Taking in Communities of | ||
| + | Knowing," Organization Science (6:4), pp. 350-372. | ||
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| + | Carlile, P.R. 2002. "A Pragmatic View of Knowledge and Boundaries: Boundary Objects in New Product Development," | ||
| + | Organization Science (13:4), pp. 442-455. | ||
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| + | Carlile, P.R. 2004. "Transferring, Translating, and Transforming: An Integrative Framework for Managing Knowledge | ||
| + | Across Boundaries," Organization Science (15:5), pp. 555-568. | ||
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| + | Dodgson, M., Gann, D.M., and Salter, A. 2007. "“In Case of Fire, Please Use the Elevator”: Simulation Technology and | ||
| + | Organization in Fire Engineering," Organization Science (18:5), pp. 849-864. | ||
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| + | Star, S.L. 2010. "This is Not a Boundary | ||
| + | Object: Reflections on the Origin of a Concept," Science, Technology, | ||
| + | & Human Values (35:5), pp. 601-617. | ||
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| + | Wenger, E. 2000. "Communities of Practice | ||
| + | and Social Learning Systems," Organization (7:2), pp. 225-246. | ||
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| + | Yakura, E.K. 2002. "Charting Time: | ||
| + | Timelines as Temporal Boundary Objects," The Academy of Management Journal | ||
| + | (45:5), pp. 956-970. | ||
== Links from this theory to other theories == | == Links from this theory to other theories == | ||
Revision as of 16:00, 26 October 2015
Boundary object theory
This theory is waiting to be summarized!
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Alternate name(s)
Main dependent construct(s)/factor(s)
Main independent construct(s)/factor(s)
Concise description of theory
A boundary object is a concept in sociology to describe information used in different ways by different communities. They are plastic, interpreted differently across communities but with enough immutable content to maintain integrity. The ideas was introduced by Susan Leigh Star and James R. Griesemer in a 1989 publication:[1]
“ Boundary objects are objects which are both plastic enough to adapt to local needs and constraints of the several parties employing them, yet robust enough to maintain a common identity across sites. They are weakly structured in common use, and become strongly structured in individual-site use. They may be abstract or concrete. They have different meanings in different social worlds but their structure is common enough to more than one world to make them recognizable means of translation. The creation and management of boundary objects is key in developing and maintaining coherence across intersecting social worlds.
Diagram/schematic of theory
Originating author(s)
Seminal articles
^ Star SL & Griesemer JR (1989). "Institutional Ecology, 'Translations' and Boundary Objects: Amateurs and Professionals in Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 1907-39". Social Studies of Science 19 (4): 387–420. doi:10.1177/030631289019003001. ^ Bowker, G. C.; & Star, S. L. (1999). Sorting things out: classification and its consequences. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Originating area
Sociology
Level of analysis
IS articles that use the theory
Boland, R.J., and Tenkasi, R.V. 1995. "Perspective Making and Perspective Taking in Communities of Knowing," Organization Science (6:4), pp. 350-372.
Carlile, P.R. 2002. "A Pragmatic View of Knowledge and Boundaries: Boundary Objects in New Product Development," Organization Science (13:4), pp. 442-455.
Carlile, P.R. 2004. "Transferring, Translating, and Transforming: An Integrative Framework for Managing Knowledge Across Boundaries," Organization Science (15:5), pp. 555-568.
Dodgson, M., Gann, D.M., and Salter, A. 2007. "“In Case of Fire, Please Use the Elevator”: Simulation Technology and Organization in Fire Engineering," Organization Science (18:5), pp. 849-864.
Star, S.L. 2010. "This is Not a Boundary Object: Reflections on the Origin of a Concept," Science, Technology, & Human Values (35:5), pp. 601-617.
Wenger, E. 2000. "Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems," Organization (7:2), pp. 225-246.
Yakura, E.K. 2002. "Charting Time: Timelines as Temporal Boundary Objects," The Academy of Management Journal (45:5), pp. 956-970.
Links from this theory to other theories
External links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_object
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