ABSTRACT

This paper examines how the deployment of Web 2.0 technologies, specifically digital platforms for internal communication within organizations, influences the nature of the team relationship. Previous research on the impact of these technologies in teams call for new approaches and conceptualizations of leadership. However, there is no consensus in the literature to help us understand the nature of team relationships that are sustained by these technological intermediations. To address this gap, we theoretically explore how the intermediation of Web 2.0 technology within teams generates what we propose as the technologized team relationship, in which the technology is as much a part of the relationship as the humans involved. In doing so, we also highlight potential unintended consequences for individuals in this technologized team relationship. We underpin our analyses with Latourian actor-network theory, which recognizes the agency of objects such as digital technologies in social relationships with humans. We then propose a theoretical framework for understanding and researching the nature of this technologized team relationship.

摘要

本文研究了 Web 2.0 技术的部署，特别是组织内部通信的数字平台，如何影响团队关系的性质。先前关于这些技术对团队影响的研究需要新的方法和领导力概念。然而，文献中没有达成共识来帮助我们理解由这些技术中介维持的团队关系的性质。为了解决这个差距，我们从理论上探讨了团队内 Web 2.0 技术的中介如何产生我们提出的技术化团队关系，其中技术与所涉及的人类一样是关系的一部分。在此过程中，我们还强调了这种技术化团队关系中个人的潜在意外后果。我们用拉图尔的行动者网络理论支持我们的分析，该理论认识到数字技术等对象在与人类的社会关系中的作用。然后，我们提出了一个理论框架来理解和研究这种技术化团队关系的性质。