Finn Borum & Andrew L. Friedman 
Social Dynamics of the IT Field [PDF ebook] 
The Case of Denmark

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