Information Systems Journal Special Issue on: Activity Theory in Information Systems Research

Activity Theory, based on the work of Vygotsky and colleagues, has developed into a contemporary social theory for studying work and social activity. In the last 20 years it has become internationalised and accepted in the Organisation, Management, Human Computer Interaction, Social‐Psychology and Education fields; yet traditionally its use in IS has remained limited. In recent years there has been growing interest in its use in Information Systems (IS) research. This Special Issue aims to act as a compendium of outstanding research, focusing on the use, development and contribution of Activity Theory in IS research. It also aims to stimulate discourse and advance the use of Activity Theory in IS research.

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[2]  Mikko Korpela,et al.  Information Systems Development as an Activity , 2002, Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).

[3]  Stan Karanasios,et al.  Working with activity theory: Context, technology, and information behavior , 2011, J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol..

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[5]  Dvora Yanow,et al.  Re-Turn to Practice: An Introductory Essay , 2009 .

[6]  Heather E. Canary,et al.  The Mediation of Policy Knowledge: An Interpretive Analysis of Intersecting Activity Systems , 2009 .

[7]  Rui Chen,et al.  Data Model Development for Fire Related Extreme Events: An Activity Theory Approach , 2013, MIS Q..

[8]  Stan Karanasios,et al.  Mobile technology in mobile work: contradictions and congruencies in activity systems , 2014, Eur. J. Inf. Syst..

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[10]  Stan Karanasios,et al.  ICT for development in the context of the closure of Chernobyl nuclear power plant: an activity theory perspective , 2013, Inf. Syst. J..

[11]  Helen Hasan,et al.  Demonstrations of the Activity Theory Framework for Research in Information Systems , 2007, Australas. J. Inf. Syst..

[12]  Y. Engeström,et al.  Learning by expanding: An activity-theoretical approach to developmental research , 2014 .

[13]  Sami Paavola,et al.  From Habituality to Change: Contribution of Activity Theory and Pragmatism to Practice Theories , 2012 .

[14]  Tamara Ball,et al.  CHAT-IT: Toward Conceptualizing Learning in the Context of Formal Organizations , 2008 .

[15]  H. Raghav Rao,et al.  Knowledge Acquisition via Three Learning Processes in Enterprise Information Portals: Learning-by-Investment, Learning-by-Doing, and Learning-from-Others , 2005, MIS Q..

[16]  K. Crawford,et al.  DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE ACTIVITY THEORY FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH IN IS Dr , 2014 .

[17]  Carsten Sørensen,et al.  The dynamics of control and mobile computing in distributed activities , 2006, Eur. J. Inf. Syst..

[18]  Wolff‐Michael Roth,et al.  “Vygotsky’s Neglected Legacy”: Cultural-Historical Activity Theory , 2007 .

[19]  Clay Spinuzzi.  Network: Theorizing Knowledge Work in Telecommunications , 2008 .

[20]  Helen Hasan,et al.  Blending Complexity and Activity Frameworks for a Broader and Deeper Understanding of IS , 2010, ICIS.

[21]  Andy Blunden,et al.  An Interdisciplinary Theory of Activity , 2010 .

[22]  Susanne Bødker,et al.  Introduction: Information Technology in Human Activity , 2000, Scand. J. Inf. Syst..

[23]  Paula Jarzabkowski,et al.  Strategic Practices: An Activity Theory Perspective on Continuity and Change , 2003 .

[24]  L. S. Vygotskiĭ,et al.  Mind in society : the development of higher psychological processes , 1978 .

[25]  Yrjö Engeström,et al.  Activity Theory and the Social Construction of Knowledge: A Story of Four Umpires , 2000 .

[26]  B. Nardi.  Context and consciousness: activity theory and human-computer interaction , 1995 .