Bridging the gap of idea management systems application and organizational effectiveness with adaptive structuration theory

Abstract

Information technologies that help to manage knowledge have a scientific and practical topicality. Among such technologies are web-based idea management systems (IMS). But there is little scientific evidence on how web-based IMS application materializes with in organizations and how they relate with organization effectiveness (OE). Authors of this paper aim to develop conceptual bases to fill this gap. The paper is based on an extensive review of literature about IMS, OE, and Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST). The aim is to develop a new research framework to explore how can the concepts – IMS, AST, OE, – be operationalized for empirical research to explore how IMS application and its results relate with OE and what are the main input and process elements in these relations? Based on a systematic literature review, that was analysed through content analysis technique and exploratory meta-analysis, authors created the adapted framework of AST for IMS context and proposed hypothesis. The paper contributes by developing detailed characterization of AST construct in web-based IMS application context on organizations. Authors propose theoretical guidance on how to explore the IMS impact on OE and expands the domain of outcomes of AST researching outcomes of web-based IMS by including OE dimensions.