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| Author: | Prasad, P. Prasad, A. |
| Title: | The ideology of professionalism and work computerization: An institutionalist study of technological change |
| Journal: | Human Relations
1994 : DEC, VOL. 47:12, p. 1433-1458 |
| Index terms: | COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALIZATION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the process of work computerization in a Health Maintenance Organization from an institutionalist perspective. It investigates how one element of the institutional environment , viz, the ideology of professionalism, became a powerful presence and continually influenced the process of work computerization in the organization. Using ethnographic methods of participant observation and in-depth interviews, the paper identifies the different local meanings of professionalism held by organizational members. It then examines how the ideology of professionalism became institutionalized within the organization through a combination of micro- and macro-level forces. |
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