Impression Management and Information Technology

by Jon W. Beard

Overview

Information technology will be the most pervasive and important influence on individuals and organizations in the next 10 years. Impression management is a growing field of study in the management and organizational sciences, which studies the self-presentational approach of individuals and the organizations. This collection of papers is both exploratory and innovative, examining new ways for the corporation to effect its strategy, its organizational design and its development as they are stimulated by the introduction and evolution of information technology. Understanding impression management theory as it moves further into the mainstream of research and practice is critical to corporate strategists, academics, and students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780899308487
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/23/1996
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

JON W. BEARD is Associate Professor in the Computer Management and Information Systems Department at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville./e Prior to joining the faculty of SIUE, he taught in the Management Department of Lowry Mays College and at the Graduate School of Business at Texas A&M University.

Table of Contents

Impression Management and Information Technology: New Perspectives on Individual and Organizational Computing by Jon W. Beard
A Self-Presentational Perspective of Computer-Mediated Communications by William L. Gardner III, Mark J. Martinko, and Joy Van Eck Peluchette
The Symbolic Value of Computers: Expanding Analyses of Organizational Computing by Susan J. Winter
Managing Impressions with Information Technology: From the Glass House to the Boundaryless Organization by George M. Marakas and Daniel Robey
Using Impression Management to Establish Successful Service-level Agreements by Jane M. Carey and Afsaneh Nahavandi
Managing One's Business Partners: The Selling of EDI by Lyne Bouchard and M. Lynne Markus
The Effect of Multimedia Presentations on Impression Formation by David B. Paradice
Impression Management and Computer Surveys in Organizations by Paul Rosenfeld and Stephanie Booth-Kewley
The Appropriate Use of Computer-Based Information Technologies in Organizations: An Impression Management Framework by K. Vernard Harrington and Jon W. Beard
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

Explores issues of computer-based information technology from the perspective of impression management, a concept derived by sociologist Erving Goffman to describe the behaviors that individuals (in this case corporations) engage in to create and maintain a desired perception of themselves in others. The topics include a self-presentational perspective of computer-mediated communications, the symbolic value of computers, using the approach to establish service-level agreements, managing business partners, and the effect of multimedia presentations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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