Actors, whether individual or collective, whether human or not, are therefore a mystery whose constitution must be explained; they are not at all the obvious starting point of action. Those few premises have had a significant impact on some organizational communication scholars, in particular those...
Actor–network theory (ANT) began at the end of the 1970s as an attempt to account for scientific activity without distinguishing a priori between its so-called social and technical aspects. The concept of actor–network captures the idea that for any actor to act, many others must act as ...
Scholars in the field of science and technology proposed Actor-Network Theory in the 1980s to debunk claims that heroism or advanced innovation was responsible for the development of useful inventions. Instead, scientists stated that the process of scientific invention could be explained more accurately...
The ‘general symmetry’ principle explains that human and non-human actors involved in the network are equally important (McLean & Hassard, 2004), asserting that everything should be explained or described similarly (Law, 1994). The third principle, ‘free association’ claims that heterogeneous ...
(2013) explained how sustained improvements occur not because of one central actor, but because of all those within the relevant network [120]. Change and improvement processes emerged, as personnel changes in clinical management [121], implementation of value-based healthcare [122], improvements ...
The propensity to save has been explained in different, often complementary ways by different scholars. For instance, Adam Smith framed it as an institutionally and ideologically determined habit; John Stuart Mill saw it as a combination of habit, a desire to earn interest, and as investment or...
Fine, “What's Eating Actor-Network Theory?” mimeo, 2002. The current version has benefited considerably from the close attention of Alan Rudy. DOI: 10.1080/10455750500376057Ben Fine pages 91-108 Publishing models and article dates explained Published online: 08 Aug 2006 Article Views: 362 ...
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In the actor model sequentiality was a special case that derived from concurrent computation as explained in actor model theory. No requirement on order of message arrival[edit] This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable...
Before we present the results concerning policy preferences, we should note that these should be taken with a level of caution, due to potential methodological limitations, as further explained in the Appendix 3. Namely, the use of close-ended questionnaire in assessing policy preferences in the ...