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Integration in ERP environments: rhetoric, realities and organisational possibilities (2006)
Journal Article
Light, B., & Wagner, E. (2006). Integration in ERP environments: rhetoric, realities and organisational possibilities. New Technology, Work and Employment, 21(3), 215-228. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00176.x

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages are said to enable integration when the standard inscription is adhered to through software configuration. A social shaping perspective expands conceptualisations of ERP packages, enabling a view of them as... Read More about Integration in ERP environments: rhetoric, realities and organisational possibilities.

Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection (2006)
Journal Article
Light, B., & Howcroft, D. (2006). Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection. Information Systems Journal, 16(3), 215-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2006.00216.x

The adoption of packaged software is becoming increasingly common in a variety of organizations and much of the packaged software literature presents this as a straightforward, linear process based on rationalistic evaluation. This paper applies the... Read More about Reflections on issues of power in packaged software selection.

User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., & Light, B. (2006, June). User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success. Presented at 14th European Conference on Information Systems, Gotenberg, Sweden

There is a growing body of research on resistance in IS projects, a good deal of which focuses on strategies for overcoming resistance. However, within this strand of research, it appears that there is a ‘blanket prescription’ approach that does not... Read More about User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: a case study of resistance success.

Theorizing masculinity in information systems research (2006)
Book Chapter
Light, B. (2006). Theorizing masculinity in information systems research. In E. Trauth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology (1160-1165). Pennsylvania: Idea Group Inc. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-815-4

I want to argue that understanding masculinity is an important part of understanding gender and sexuality as it relates to information and communications technologies (ICTs), specifically those under the lens of the information-systems community. In... Read More about Theorizing masculinity in information systems research.