TY - BOOK ID - 135853443 TI - Just ›a machine for doing business‹? : sociomaterial configurations of the intranet in a post-merger telecommunications company PY - 2022 SN - 3839461871 PB - Bielefeld, Germany : transcript Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Sociology. KW - Branding. KW - Culture. KW - Digital Media. KW - Digitalization. KW - Ethnographic Methodologies. KW - Information Technology. KW - Internet. KW - Organisational Identity. KW - Practice. KW - Social Relations. KW - Sociology of Media. KW - Sociology of Organizations. KW - Sociology of Work and Industry. KW - Work. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135853443 AB - How does a new intranet shape an ongoing merger integration process? Katja Schönian analyses internal communication and branding strategies in connection with the implementation of a new company intranet. Based on qualitative data, the study contrasts managerial expectations and everyday usage of the intranet in distinct work settings. Relying on social practice theories and research in Science & Technology Studies, Katja Schönian unpacks the different logics the intranet brings together and, furthermore, interrogates the characteristics that make an (un-)workable technology. This book provides readers with new insights into the dynamics of a merger integration process and the increasing digitalization of contemporary knowledge work. ER -