Organizing Vision and Local IS Practices: A France - U.S. Comparison

Sabine Carton (1) , François-Xavier de Vaujany (2) , Cécile Romeyer (3)

1 CERAG - Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion
2 DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management
3 COACTIS - COnception de l'ACTIon en Situation

In their Organizing Vision model, Swanson and Ramiller called for more research on the relationship between inter-organizational "authorized" (legitimated) discourse on IT and organizational practices. In this paper, the research question is focused on national differences in the way cross-organizational discourses interact with local practices. The methodology used includes the identification of so-called "authorized" ideas through an analysis of both French and US publications (using thematic and lexicometric analysis), as well as IT forums, from 1999 to 2003. This analysis is then merged with an overview of French and American case studies. The results demonstrate strong differences in the OV production systems, as well as in organizational behaviour's reaction to cross-organizational discourse.

Mots clés: France-US Comparison; IT; IT press; organizing vision; institutionalism

Domaines: Gestion et management

Sabine Carton, François-Xavier de Vaujany, Cécile Romeyer. Organizing Vision and Local IS Practices: A France - U.S. Comparison. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 2007, 19, pp.205-240. ⟨10.17705/1CAIS.01911⟩. ⟨hal-00644436⟩