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Structure of structure formation theories [PDF]
We study the general structure of models for structure formation, with applications to the reverse engineering of the model from observations. Through a careful accounting of the degrees of freedom in covariant gravitational instability theory, we show that the evolution of structure is completely specified by the stress history of the dark sector. The
Hu, Wayne, Eisenstein, Daniel J.
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This article applies Anthony Giddens’ theory of structuration to analyze how digital spreadsheet technologies both produce and are the products of structures that reinforce and transform the institutionalized routine practices of workers in social ...
Patrick Allen Rose, Anthony J. Pennings
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The treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is managed inadequately globally. Theoretically informed frameworks have the potential to account for the multiple elements which constitute the CVD patient pathway, and capture their inter-relationships and ...
Dina Balabanova +4 more
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Institutionalization and Structuration: Studying the Links between Action and Institution [PDF]
Institutional theory and structuration theory both contend that institutions and actions are inextricably linked and that institutionalization is best understood as a dynamic, ongoing process.
Barley, Stephen R, Tolbert, Pamela S
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Participant Use of Digital Diaries in Qualitative Research: A Strong Structuration Analysis
Lived experiences of chronic conditions are marked by fluidity and change, which should be considered if care is to be truly patient-centered. Seeking to capture this fluidity, we used digital diaries via mobile phones to communicate with hypertensive ...
Maureen Seguin +9 more
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Theory and migration. Towards a framework of migration and human actions
The following article discusses the role of the human agency in migration theory. In connection to that special interest is focused on the structuration-theory where the human agent plays an important role.
Olof Stjernström
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Defining a BIM-Enabled Learning Environment—An Adaptive Structuration Theory Perspective
Digitalization of the AEC-FM industry has resulted in the reassessment of knowledge, knowledge management, teaching and learning, workflows and networks, roles, and relevance.
Theophilus Olowa +4 more
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Accounting as A Representational Craft: Reflexive Accounting Research
This article discusses the scope of managerial accounting research based on agency theory, that is, behavioural decision-making, the use of capital markets and what is called positive theory. The authors believe that management accounting representations
Cheok Mui Yee, Edward Wong Sek Khin
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Social structure and collective memory
The paper explores the relation between collective memory and social theory, trying in particular to show the key role that the notion of collective memory plays in understanding the dynamics of the social process (structuration, genesis of social ...
Magdalena Żardecka
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On-site actors’ agency within international media development [PDF]
International efforts aimed at developing a specific region’s or country’s media sector commonly involve both onsite actors (usually from the Global South) and external actors (usually from the Global North). Dependency theory suggests that onsite actors
Ines Drefs
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