However, it is necessary to recognize that the process of temporally-based order or organizational structure is also a product of socially constructed time. He examines the interaction of technology and organizational structure. The overlying theoretic perspective of the authors is that information technologies can be understood only within the complex social context within which it is implemented. In other words, it is a product of social action. However, the issues involved with providing a substantive and comprehensive accounting for the influences of time have been problematic for social science researchers.
Longitudinal studies provide a way of examining.
In such uncertain environments, meaning must be constructed from the broad social context of the social actors. Temple University Press. A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. Engineering design process. Temple University Press.