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Frontmatter – Contents – Acknowledgements – Introduction: Perspectives on the IT Field – Part A. Information Technology Cultures – Introduction – Chapter I. Divergence and Convergence: A Community Analysis of the Structuring of the Danish IT Field – Chapter II. Organisational Cultures in Information Technology Firms – Chapter III. The Unisys Merger – Cultural Perspectives on Information Technology Firms in Transition – Chapter IV. Organisational Adaptation and Learning within Danish IT Firms – Chapter V. Understanding the IT People, their Subcultures, and Implications for Management of Technology and Innovation – Part B. Actors, Networks and Organisations at the Edge of the IT Field – Introduction – Chapter VI. Small Enterprises Coping with the Challenges of Information Technology – Chapter VII. Trade Associations as Mediators of Information Technology to Small and Medium Sized Firms – Chapter VIII. Purposive and Potential Networks in Small Firms’ Adoption of IT – Part C. The IT People Strategies, Skills and Careers – Introduction – Chapter IX. Strategies of IT People in Denmark – Trade Unionism, Craftsmanship and Professionalism – Chapter X. Beyond Taylorism: The IT Specialists and the Deskilling Hypothesis – Chapter XI. Understanding the Employment Position of Computer Programmers: A Managerial Strategies Approach – Chapter XII. The IT People – Historical Development and Present Characteristics – Appendix – Data and Methods of the Study – References – Bibliographical Notes – Index