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Technological research has arrived at an important nexus. At the same point that research is focusing on the enabling nature of technology in organizations, researchers are also acknowledging issues of culture for management, technology design, and use. The key is that technologies can enable new organizational forms, but the recursive nature of sociotechnical systems is riddled with opportunities for variation in outcomes as these technologies are used (and/or designed) across cultural boundaries. The focus of the current work is to outline a model of sociotechnical system outcomes given differences in culture. A group support system (GSS) context is used to communicate the vividness of cultural variation.
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Griffith, T.L., Vogel, D.R. (1996). A culturally sensitive model of technology and groups: focus on group support systems. In: Glasson, B.C., Vogel, D.R., Bots, P.W.G., Nunamaker, J.F. (eds) Information Systems and Technology in the International Office of the Future. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35085-1_27
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