<s>
Sociomateriality	B-Application
is	O
a	O
theory	O
built	O
upon	O
the	O
intersection	O
of	O
technology	O
,	O
work	O
and	O
organization	O
,	O
that	O
attempts	O
to	O
understand	O
"	O
the	O
constitutive	O
entanglement	O
of	O
the	O
social	O
and	O
the	O
material	O
in	O
everyday	O
organizational	O
life.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
key	O
papers	O
for	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
stem	O
from	O
the	O
later	O
work	O
of	O
Orlikowski	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Susan	O
Scott	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drawing	O
on	O
Barad	O
,	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
proposes	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
agential	O
realism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Key	O
aspects	O
of	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
are	O
according	O
to	O
Matthew	O
Jones	O
a	O
relational	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
the	O
observation	O
of	O
day-to-day	O
technology	O
use	O
at	O
the	O
workplace	O
during	O
practices	O
and	O
the	O
inextricability	O
and	O
inseparability	O
of	O
the	O
social	O
and	O
the	O
material	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
directing	O
attention	O
toward	O
the	O
material	O
,	O
the	O
theory	O
of	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
was	O
generated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leonardi	O
explains	O
the	O
reason	O
for	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
's	O
existence	O
:	O
'	O
(	O
a	O
)	O
that	O
all	O
materiality	O
(	O
as	O
defined	O
in	O
the	O
prior	O
section	O
)	O
is	O
social	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
created	O
through	O
social	O
processes	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
interpreted	O
and	O
used	O
in	O
social	O
contexts	O
and	O
(	O
b	O
)	O
that	O
all	O
social	O
action	O
is	O
possible	O
because	O
of	O
some	O
materiality	O
 '	O
(	O
p.32	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emergence	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
“	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
”	O
is	O
a	O
sign	O
of	O
progress	O
over	O
"	O
materiality	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
way	O
that	O
it	O
recognizes	O
that	O
materiality	O
constitutes	O
the	O
social	O
world	O
and	O
the	O
social	O
world	O
also	O
influences	O
technological	O
materiality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
the	O
growing	O
popularity	O
of	O
materiality	O
and	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
in	O
management	O
and	O
organization	O
theories	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Carlile	O
,	O
Nicolini	O
,	O
Langley	O
,	O
Tsoukas	O
,	O
2013	O
;	O
Jarzabkowski	O
,	O
Spee	O
&	O
Smets	O
,	O
2013	O
;	O
Leonardi	O
&	O
Barley	O
)	O
,	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
has	O
become	O
"	O
trendy	O
"	O
for	O
theorists	O
and	O
researchers	O
within	O
other	O
areas	O
such	O
as	O
organizational	O
communication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
concept	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
within	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
Information	O
System	O
(	O
IS	O
)	O
studies	O
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
management	O
and	O
organization	O
theory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
argued	O
that	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
is	O
'	O
the	O
new	O
black	O
 '	O
of	O
IS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orlikowski	O
has	O
studied	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
by	O
using	O
a	O
company	O
's	O
BlackBerry-addicted	O
employees	O
and	O
the	O
effects	O
of	O
Google	O
's	O
PageRank	O
algorithm	O
on	O
research	O
practices	O
as	O
case	O
studies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orlikowski	O
and	O
Scott	O
's	O
detailed	O
paper	O
aimed	O
to	O
bridge	O
the	O
theoretical	O
gap	O
seen	O
in	O
organization	O
studies	O
and	O
management	O
research	O
journals	O
by	O
reviewing	O
critical	O
works	O
on	O
technology	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
two	O
research	O
streams	O
,	O
before	O
proposing	O
a	O
third	O
emerging	O
research	O
genre	O
,	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contractor	O
,	O
Monge	O
and	O
Leonardi	O
use	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
combined	O
with	O
actor-network	O
theory	O
,	O
and	O
developed	O
a	O
typology	O
that	O
brings	O
technology	O
into	O
the	O
network	O
study	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
in	O
organizational	O
literature	O
at-large	O
,	O
the	O
ideas	O
and	O
issues	O
of	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
are	O
inadvertently	O
present	O
—	O
which	O
,	O
in	O
itself	O
,	O
warrants	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
further	O
investigations	O
solely	O
through	O
a	O
sociomaterial	O
lens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turco	O
's	O
ethnographic	O
account	O
of	O
this	O
firm	O
provokes	O
inquiry	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
separation	O
—	O
between	O
technology	O
and	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
organizing	O
within	O
firms	O
—	O
that	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
seeks	O
to	O
bridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outside	O
of	O
organization	O
studies	O
,	O
technology	O
theorists	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Sherry	O
Turkle	O
,	O
have	O
written	O
books	O
that	O
perhaps	O
do	O
not	O
directly	O
tackle	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
,	O
but	O
have	O
it	O
on	O
their	O
horizon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
a	O
clear	O
research	O
stream	O
on	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
,	O
there	O
will	O
inevitably	O
be	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
'	O
understanding	O
of	O
how	O
work	O
is	O
"	O
made	O
to	O
work	O
"	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
its	O
popularity	O
in	O
various	O
disciplines	O
,	O
the	O
theorizing	O
of	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
has	O
been	O
critiqued	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
less	O
specific	O
definition	O
of	O
technology	O
and	O
a	O
neglect	O
of	O
broader	O
social	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
responding	O
to	O
the	O
criticism	O
,	O
Scott	O
and	O
Orlikowski	O
maintain	O
that	O
sociomateriality	B-Application
is	O
a	O
novel	O
and	O
innovative	O
perspective	O
,	O
and	O
scholars	O
should	O
strive	O
to	O
sustain	O
the	O
openness	O
and	O
experimentation	O
in	O
the	O
framing	O
of	O
the	O
theory	O
.	O
</s>
