Structuration theory amid negative and positive criticism

Authors

  • Wafa Kort Ligue laboratory Assistant at ISG Tunis
  • Jamel Eddine Gharbi Ligue laboratory Lecturer at FSEG Jendouba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18533/ijbsr.v3i5.10

Keywords:

Structures, Agency, Duality of structural, Time-space dimension.

Abstract

This paper tries to sum up the criticism that turns around structuration theory to help the applications in MIS field. The literature review allow to advance three categories of criticisms: (1) the conflation of structure and human agent, (2) the complexity and the outspread of the theory that lead to contradictions, and (3) the lack of assumptions and methodological guidelines. Some recommendations are given to direct future researches.

 

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Vol. 3 No. 5 (2013): May

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