Agency Theory: Integration or a Thousand Flowers?

Authors

Geoff Walsham, Cambridge UniversityFollow

Abstract

One of the challenges in the paper by Rose et al. (2005) is the need to build integrative theories to address the interweaving of machine and human agency. I would like to suggest, alternatively, that we should encourage a thousand theoretical flowers to bloom. I illustrate my argument using research on GIS in India.

Recommended Citation

Walsham, Geoff (2005) "Agency Theory: Integration or a Thousand Flowers?," Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems: Vol. 17: Iss. 1, Article 11.
Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/sjis/vol17/iss1/11