TY - GEN
T1 - How soon is now? Theorizing temporality in information systems research
AU - Riordan, Niamh O.
AU - Conboy, Kieran
AU - Acton, Thomas
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Time is an inherent quality of human life and the temporal nature of our being in this world has fundamentally shaped our knowledge and understanding of it: the concept of time pervades everyday language: "time is of the essence"; "timing is everything"; and "a stitch in time saves nine". Thus, many disciplines are concerned with Time - physics of course, and also history, philosophy, psychology, computer science, communication studies and media. Nevertheless, our understanding of it is fundamentally limited because our consciousness moves along it. The goal of this paper is to develop a conceptualization of time that can be used to investigate the impact of temporality on the design, development, adoption and use of Information Systems and to trace the societal and business impact of that association.
AB - Time is an inherent quality of human life and the temporal nature of our being in this world has fundamentally shaped our knowledge and understanding of it: the concept of time pervades everyday language: "time is of the essence"; "timing is everything"; and "a stitch in time saves nine". Thus, many disciplines are concerned with Time - physics of course, and also history, philosophy, psychology, computer science, communication studies and media. Nevertheless, our understanding of it is fundamentally limited because our consciousness moves along it. The goal of this paper is to develop a conceptualization of time that can be used to investigate the impact of temporality on the design, development, adoption and use of Information Systems and to trace the societal and business impact of that association.
KW - Key issues
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Theory building
KW - Time pressure
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84897747795
M3 - Conference Publication
AN - SCOPUS:84897747795
SN - 9781629934266
T3 - International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013): Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design
SP - 1960
EP - 1974
BT - International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013)
T2 - International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2013
Y2 - 15 December 2013 through 18 December 2013
ER -