Start Date
11-12-2016 12:00 AM
Description
This research seeks to increase our understanding of the relationship between IT affordances and collective identity in the context of intergroup collaboration. Particularly, we investigate the type of IT affordances (i.e., collaborative, organizational memory, or process management) that are more prone to support certain types of identities (i.e., superordinate collective identity, intergroup relational identity, or intergroup ambivalent identity) when groups need to collaborate towards the accomplishment of a common goal. We suggest three hypotheses which we plan to test via a field study within the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry.
Recommended Citation
Boudreau, Marie-Claude; Nach, Hamid; and Lejeune, Albert M., "Intergroup Collaboration: An Examination through the Lenses of Identity and IT Affordances" (2016). ICIS 2016 Proceedings. 4.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2016/ITImplementation/Presentations/4
Intergroup Collaboration: An Examination through the Lenses of Identity and IT Affordances
This research seeks to increase our understanding of the relationship between IT affordances and collective identity in the context of intergroup collaboration. Particularly, we investigate the type of IT affordances (i.e., collaborative, organizational memory, or process management) that are more prone to support certain types of identities (i.e., superordinate collective identity, intergroup relational identity, or intergroup ambivalent identity) when groups need to collaborate towards the accomplishment of a common goal. We suggest three hypotheses which we plan to test via a field study within the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry.