Book Reviews : People and Computers: The Impacts of Computing on End Users in Organizations
Book Reviews : People and Computers: The Impacts of Computing on End Users in Organizations
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书评：人与计算机：计算对组织中最终用户的影响
DOI：
10.1177/089443938700500337
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发表时间：
1987
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
K. Kraemer
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作者：
James N. Danziger;K. Kraemer
社会科学家寻求经验知识的影响，计算机使用的组织继续依赖于研究结果的加州大学欧文分校的城市信息系统项目。Danziger和Kraemer的书是该项目的成果之一，也是CORPS（Computing，Organizations，Policy，and Society）专著系列的最新补充，有望对计算文学的社会学产生重大影响。他们的研究包括1975年对美国所有大城市和县政府计算机使用情况的详细调查，并对42个市政府进行了系统的实地研究，以及为他们的特殊利益选择的50个额外的探索性案例研究。除了是一个明确设计和提出的调查研究的模型，这本书超越了许多调查研究的局限性，通过纳入直接观察，深入的采访材料，以及作者在组织中的计算相当多的个人经验。尽管它的定量重点，这是一个非常可读的书感兴趣的读者关注的质量方面的计算机使用。它也适合研究生或高级本科班的学生。
Social scientists seeking empirical knowledge of the effects of computer use in organizations continue to rely on the findings of the University of California, Irvine's Urban Information Systems Project. Danziger and Kraemer's book is one result of that project and a recent addition to the CORPS (Computing, Organizations, Policy, and Society) monograph series, which promises to have a major impact on the sociology of computing literature. Their research includes a detailed 1975 survey of computer use in the governments of all large U.S. cities and counties, supplemented by systematic field studies of 42 municipal governments and 50 additional exploratory case studies chosen for their particular interest. Besides being a model of clearly designed and presented survey research, this book transcends many of survey research's limitations by incorporating direct observation, in-depth interview material, and the authors' considerable personal experience with computing in organizations. Despite its quantitative focus, this is a remarkably readable book of interest to readers concerned with the qualitative dimensions of computer use. It would also be suitable for students in a graduate or advanced undergraduate class.