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This study proposed the concept of organizational disposition as a means to increase the understanding of the dialectic nature of the adoption and diffusion process. The concept of organizational disposition was incorporated into an integrative framework, which provided the theoretical background for two case studies. In both studies, the reactions of the users brought about a dialectic process in which the moods experienced enabled the opening up or uncovering of the reasons for resistance. The restoration of the common sense of the organization was reached through an ongoing process which integrated and reconciled the users’ and implementers’ dispositions into a coherent whole.
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O’Donovan, B. (1999). Organizational Disposition and Its Influence on the Adoption and Diffusion of Information Systems. In: Ngwenyama, O., Introna, L.D., Myers, M.D., DeGross, J.I. (eds) New Information Technologies in Organizational Processes. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 20. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35566-5_11
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