Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine how individuals' personal information organization reflects their social environments in order to understand social aspects of personal information organization.

Design/methodology/approach

By using a cognitive sociological approach and based on the personal information organization process (PIOP) model (Oh, 2019), this study investigates the social aspects of personal information organization by analyzing the pre-diary interview, a diary, and two post-diary interviews conducted with each of the 18 information users in social science academic environments.

Findings

Social dimensions of personal information organization were found in differences between organizing academic and non-academic files, the way participants identified and made distinctions among files, common folders they created, and with the impact of participants' professional age on personal information organization. This study shows that information organization is a process of construction and that the participants' social foundations are reflected in the way they view and organize their files.

Originality/value

This study makes a unique contribution to the field by explaining the social aspects of personal information organization. The findings of this study deepen our knowledge of personal information organization by providing different ways to understand how and why people organize their files in certain ways, and by showing that this is not just individual behavior. In practice, this study provides insight into the design of applications and tools that support personal information management of people in specific social environments.

中文翻译：

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个人信息组织的社会方面

目的

本文的目的是研究个人的个人信息组织如何反映其社会环境，以了解个人信息组织的社会方面。

设计/方法/方法

通过使用认知社会学方法并基于个人信息组织过程（PIOP）模型（Oh，2019），本研究通过分析前访谈，日记和两篇日记后调查了个人信息组织的社会方面对社会科学学术环境中18个信息用户中的每一个进行的访谈。

发现

个人信息组织的社会维度存在于组织学术文件和非学术文件之间的差异，参与者在文件中识别和区分文件的方式，他们创建的公用文件夹以及参与者职业年龄对个人信息组织的影响。这项研究表明，信息组织是一个构建过程，参与者的社会基础反映在他们查看和组织文件的方式中。

创意/价值

这项研究通过解释个人信息组织的社会方面，对该领域做出了独特的贡献。这项研究的发现通过提供不同的方式来理解人们以某些方式如何以及为什么以某种方式组织其文件的方式，并表明这不仅仅是个人行为，从而加深了我们对个人信息组织的了解。在实践中，此研究可深入了解支持特定社会环境中人员的个人信息管理的应用程序和工具的设计。