Affordances and Information Systems Research: Taking Stock and Moving Forward

Author:

Mesgari Mostafa1ORCID,Mohajeri Kaveh2ORCID,Azad Bijan3ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2. IESEG School of Management, Lille, Hauts-de-France, France

3. American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Abstract

The term affordance appears with increasing frequency in the Information Systems (IS) literature. Nevertheless, those who study information technologies/information systems (IT/IS) via the affordance lens often have different views about its origin, meaning, and appropriate application in IS research. In turn, not spelling out the related assumptions and boundaries inherent in these diverse views may have hindered a wider and more cumulative adoption of the affordance lens in IS research. This paper offers a potential solution by (1) synthesizing the ecological psychology literature to suggest five key modules of the affordance concept relevant to IS research and (2) taking stock of IS research that has employed the affordance concept and classifying it according to its focus on three key affordance elements: IT artifact, user, and context. Finally, this paper presents a set of challenges, opportunities, and recommendations regarding how IS researchers can advance affordance-based research in the field.

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Subject

Computer Networks and Communications,Management Information Systems

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