Resist, comply or workaround? An examination of different facets of user engagement with information systems

Ferneley, E; Sobreperez, P

Abstract

This paper provides a summary of studies of user resistance to Information Technology (IT) and identifies workaround activity as an understudied and distinct, but related, phenomenon. Previous categorizations of resistance have largely failed to address the relationships between the motivations for divergences from procedure and the associated workaround activity. This paper develops a composite model of resistance/workaround derived from two case study sites. We find four key antecedent conditions derived from both positive and negative resistance rationales and identify associations and links to various resultant workaround behaviours and provide supporting Chains of Evidence from two case studies.

Citation

Ferneley, E., & Sobreperez, P. (2006). Resist, comply or workaround? An examination of different facets of user engagement with information systems. European Journal of Information Systems, 15(4), 345-356. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000629

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2006
• Deposit Date: Dec 23, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 23, 2008
• Journal: European Journal of Information Systems
• Print ISSN: 0960-085X
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 345-356
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000629
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000629
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