Information technology and mindfulness in organizations Export

@article{citeulike:5845836, abstract = {The concept of mindfulness has lately been applied to organizations that are increasingly attentive to their environment and adaptive to unanticipated events. This article analyzes how information technology impacts mindfulness in organizations. Information technology is proposed to promote mindfulness by engaging organizations in more extensive search processes and by fuelling organizational innovations with a repertoire of routines. However, information technology is also found to decrease mindfulness and impede organizational adoption by promoting cognitive inertia and making the enactment of change more challenging. The article also identifies the practices IT-intensive organizations apply to promote more mindful behavior. 10.1093/icc/dtp027}, author = {Valorinta, Mikko}, citeulike-article-id = {5845836}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtp027}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://icc.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/5/963.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://icc.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/5/963.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1093/icc/dtp027}, journal = {Ind Corp Change}, keywords = {ict-reliance, it, micro, mindfulness}, month = {October}, number = {5}, pages = {963--997}, posted-at = {2009-09-27 21:07:35}, priority = {2}, title = {Information technology and mindfulness in organizations}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtp027}, volume = {18}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5845836 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5845836 N2 - The concept of mindfulness has lately been applied to organizations that are increasingly attentive to their environment and adaptive to unanticipated events. This article analyzes how information technology impacts mindfulness in organizations. Information technology is proposed to promote mindfulness by engaging organizations in more extensive search processes and by fuelling organizational innovations with a repertoire of routines. However, information technology is also found to decrease mindfulness and impede organizational adoption by promoting cognitive inertia and making the enactment of change more challenging. The article also identifies the practices IT-intensive organizations apply to promote more mindful behavior. 10.1093/icc/dtp027 IS - 5 JF - Ind Corp Change EP - 997 TI - Information technology and mindfulness in organizations VL - 18 SP - 963 KW - ict-reliance KW - it KW - micro KW - mindfulness AU - Valorinta, Mikko PY - 2009/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtp027 ER -