Digital information in temporary organizations

IF 2 4区管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT

Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI:10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101419

Jennifer Whyte , Ali Eshraghi

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Abstract

Digital information is intrinsic to contemporary organizing but under-theorized in the literature on temporary organizations. Contributing to taking stock and moving forward from 30 years of research on temporary organizations, we unpack theoretically how these organizations are now shaped by and shaping their use of digital information. Like more permanent organizations, temporary organizations access their digital information through information systems provided by global companies, and structure that information using standardized forms and workflows. Yet, two salient and distinctive features of how temporary organizations use digital information are: first, they use diverse types of digital information that pre-exist before, are generated in and persist after temporary organizing; and second, digital information is transferred and used across multiple systems in these processes of organizing and as an output of the organization. We discuss implications for virtualization, algorithmic content generation and surveillance in temporary organizations, and identify opportunities for future research.

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临时组织中的数字信息

数字信息是当代组织的内在特征，但在关于临时组织的文献中缺乏理论依据。为了从30年来对临时组织的研究中总结和前进，我们从理论上揭示了这些组织现在是如何被数字信息所塑造的，以及如何塑造它们对数字信息的使用。与更永久的组织一样，临时组织通过全球公司提供的信息系统访问其数字信息，并使用标准化表格和工作流程构建这些信息。然而，临时组织如何使用数字信息的两个显著和独特的特征是：第一，他们使用不同类型的数字信息，这些信息在临时组织之前已经存在，在临时组织中产生并在临时组织之后持续存在；其次，在这些组织过程中，数字信息作为组织的输出在多个系统之间传递和使用。我们讨论了虚拟化、算法内容生成和临时组织监控的影响，并确定了未来研究的机会。

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Scandinavian Journal of Management MANAGEMENT-

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4.00

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10.00%

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审稿时长

71 days

期刊介绍： The Scandinavian Journal of Management (SJM) provides an international forum for innovative and carefully crafted research on different aspects of management. We promote dialogue and new thinking around theory and practice, based on conceptual creativity, reasoned reflexivity and contextual awareness. We have a passion for empirical inquiry. We promote constructive dialogue among researchers as well as between researchers and practitioners. We encourage new approaches to the study of management and we aim to foster new thinking around management theory and practice. We publish original empirical and theoretical material, which contributes to understanding management in private and public organizations. Full-length articles and book reviews form the core of the journal, but focused discussion-type texts (around 3.000-5.000 words), empirically or theoretically oriented, can also be considered for publication. The Scandinavian Journal of Management is open to different research approaches in terms of methodology and epistemology. We are open to different fields of management application, but narrow technical discussions relevant only to specific sub-fields will not be given priority.