Social capital and the diffusion of innovations within organizations: The case of computer technology in schools

Sociology of Education

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-171

  Frank, Kenneth A ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a   Borman, Kathryn ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442465766     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003804070407700203     Document Type: Review

References (112)

1. Aiken, Michael, Samuel B. Bacharach, and Janet L. French. 1980. "Organizational Structure, Work Process, and Proposal Making in Administrative Bureaucracies." Academy of Management Journal 23:631-52.
2. Ajzen, Icek, and Martin Fishbein. 1980. Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
3. Alexander, Karl L., and Aaron M. Pallas. 1985. "School Sector and Cognitive Performance: When Is a Little a Little? Sociology of Education, 58:115-28.
4. Allison, Paul D. 1990. "Change Scores as Dependent Variables in Regression Analysis." Sociological Methodology 20:93-114.
5. Amburgey, Terry L., Dawn Kelly, and William. P. Barnett. 1990. "Resetting the Clock: the Dynamics of Organizational Change and Failure." Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings: 160-64.
6. Arrow, Kenneth. 1979. "Economics of Information." Pp. 306-20 in the Computer Age: A Twenty-Year View, edited by Michael Dertouzos and Joel Moses. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
7. Attewell, Paul. 1992. "Technology Diffusion and Organizational Learning." Organization Science 3(1):1-19.
8. Bayer, Judy, and Nancy Melone. 1989. "A Critique of Diffusion-Theory as a Managerial Framework for Understanding Adoption of Software Engineering Innovations." Journal of Systems and Software 9:161-66.
9. Becker, Henry. J. 2000. "Findings from the Teaching, Learning, and Computing Survey: Is Larry Cuban Right?" Education Policy Analysis Archives, 8(51):2-32.
10. Bidwell, Charles E. 2000. "School as Context and Construction: A Social Psychological Approach to the Study of Schooling." Pp. 15-36 in Handbook of Sociology in Education, edited by Maureen T. Hallinan. New York: Kluwer Academic.
11. -. 2001. "Analyzing Schools as Organizations: Long-Term Permanence and Short-Term Change." Sociology of Education [Extra Issue]:100-114.
12. Bidwell, Charles E., Kenneth A. Frank, and Pamela Quiroz. 1997. "Teacher Types, Workplace Controls, and the Organization of Schools." Sociology of Education 70:285-307.
13. Bidwell, Charles E., and Jack Kasarda. 1987. Structuring in Organizations: Ecosystem Theory Evaluated. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
14. Blau, Peter. M. 1967. Exchange and Power in Social Life. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
15. Bolman, Lee G., and Rafael Heller. 1995. "School Administrators as Leaders." Pp. 315-58 in Images of Schools, edited by S. Bacharach and B. Mundell. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
16. Bourdieu, Pierre. 1986. "The Forms of Capital." Pp. 241-58 in Handbook of Theory and Research for the Sociology of Education, edited by J. G. Richardson. New York: Greenwood Press.
17. Bryk, Anthony S., and Stephen W. Raudenbush. 1992. Hierarchical Linear Models for Social and Behavioral Research: Applications and Data Analysis Methods. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
18. Bryk, Anthony S., and Barbara Schneider. 2002. Trust in Schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
19. Bryk, Anthony S., Pennie B. Sebring, David D. Kerbow, Sharon S. Rollow, and John Q. Easton. 1998. Charting Chicago School Reform: Democratic Localism as a Lever for Change. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
20. Budin, Howard. 1999. "The Computer Enters the Classroom." Teachers College Record 100:656-69.
21. Burns, Mary. 2002. "From Compliance to Commitment: Technology as a Catalyst for Communities of Learning." Phi Delta Kappan 84:295-302.
22. Burt, Ronald. 2000. "The Network Structure of Social Capital." Pp. 339-65 in Research in Orqanizational Behavior, Vol. 22, edited by Robert I. Sutton and Barry M. Staw. New York: Elsevier Science.
23. Callahan, Raymond. 1962. Education and the Cult of Efficiency. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
24. Chubb, John E., and Terry Moe. 1990. Politics, Markets, and America's Schools. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
25. Coburn, Cynthia E. 2003. "Rethinking Scale: Moving Beyond Numbers to Deep Lasting Change." Educational Researcher 32(6): 3-12.
26. Cohen, David K. 1995. "What Is the System in Systemic Reform?" Educational Researcher 24(9):11-17, 31.
27. Cohen, David K., Milbrey W. McLaughlin, and Joan E. Talbert. 1993. Teaching for Understanding: Challenges for Policy and Practice. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
28. Cohen, Michael D., and Lee. S. Sproul. 1995. Organizational Learning, Organization Science. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
29. Coleman, James S. 1988. "Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital." American Journal of Sociology 94:95-120.
30. -. 1990. Foundations of Social Theory. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
31. Collins, Allan. 1996. "Whither Technology and Schools? Collected Thoughts on the Last and Next Quarter Centuries." Pp. 51-66 in Education and Technology: Reflections on Computing in Classrooms, edited by C. Fisher, D. C. Dwyer, and K. Yocam. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
32. Cook, Scott, D. N., and Dvora Yanow. 1995. "Culture and Organizational Learning." Pp. 373-90 in Organizational Learning, edited by M. Cohen. London: Sage.
33. Cooper, Robert B., and Randolph W. Zmud. 1990. "Information Technology Implementation Research - A Technological Diffusion." Management Science 36:123-39.
34. Cuban, Larry. 1990. "Reforming Again and Again and Again." Educational Researcher 19(1): 3-13.
35. -. 1999, August 4. "The Technology Puzzle: Why Is Greater Access Not Translating into Better Classroom Use?" Education Week, pp. 68, 47.
36. -. 2001. Oversold and Underused: Computers in Schools 1980-2000. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
37. Darling-Hammond, Linda, and Milbrey W. McLaughlin. 1995. "Policies That Support Professional Development in an Era of Reform." Phi Delta Kappan 76:597-604.
38. Delpit, Lisa. D. 1988. "The Silence Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People's Children. Harvard Educational Review 58:280-98.
39. Etzioni, Amitai. 1961. Complex Organizations: A Sociological Reader. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
40. Eveland, J. D., and Louis G. Tornatzky. 1990. "The Deployment of Technology." Chap. 6 in The Process of Technological Innovation, edited by Louis G. Tornatzky and Mitchell Fleisher. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
41. Fichman, Robert G., and Chris F. Kemerer. 1993. "Adoption of Software Engineering Process Innovations: the Case of Object Orientation." Sloan Management Review 34(2):7-22.
42. Finn, Jeremy D., and Charles M. Achilles. 1990. "Answers About Questions About Class Size: A Statewide Experiment." American Educational Research Journal 27:557-77.
43. Frank, Kenneth A. 1996. "Mapping Interactions Within and Between Cohesive Subgroups." Social Networks 18:93-119.
44. -. 1998. "The Social Context of Schooling: Quantitative Methods." Review of Research in Education 23:171-216.
45. -. 2001, February. "Identification with the Collective as a Quasi-tie: Based on 'The Dynamics of Social Capital.'" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Social Networks Association, New Orleans.
46. Frank, Kenneth A., and Nell K. Duke. 2003, April 21-25. "The Value of Large-Scale Databases Versus Randomized Experiments for Educational Research." Paper presented at the American Educational Researcher Association, Chicago.
47. Frank, Kenneth, and Kyle Fahrbach 1999. "Organization Culture as a Complex System: Balance and Information in Models of Influence and Selection." Organization Science 10:253-77.
48. Frank, Kenneth A., and Kyunk-Seok Min. 2003. "Indices for External Validity: Neutralization of Statistical Significance by Unobserved Cases." Unpublished manuscript, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
49. Frank, Kenneth A., Andrew Topper, and Yong Zhao. 2000, August 12-16. "Diffusion of Innovations, Social Capital, and Sense of Community." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC.
50. Frank, Kenneth A., and Yong Zhao. 2004. "Subgroups as a Meso-Level Entity in the Social Organization of Schools." Unpublished manuscript, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
51. Friedman, Milton, and Rose Friedman. 1980. Free to Choose: A Personal Statement. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
52. Fullan, Michael G. 1991. The New Meaning of Educational Change. New York: Teachers College Press.
53. Gilmore, Alison M. 1995. "Turning Teachers on to Computers: Evaluation of a Teacher Development Program." Journal of Research on Computing in Education 27:251-69.
54. Granovetter, Mark. 1985. "Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness." American Journal of Sociology 91:481-510.
55. Greene, Jay. 2001, Winter. "The Looming Shadow." Education Next. Available on-line at http://www.educationnext.org/unabridged/20014/greene.pdf
56. Greenfield, Thomas B. 1975. "Theory About Organization: A New Perspective and its Implications for Schools." Pp. 71-99 in Administrative Behavior in Education, edited by R. Campbell and R. Gregg. London: Athlone.
57. Hadley, Martha, and Karen Sheingold. 1993. "Commonalities and Distinctive Patterns in Teachers' Integration of Computers." American Journal of Education 101:261-315.
58. Hage, Jerald T. 1999. "Organizational Innovation and Organizational Change." Annual Review of Sociology 25:597-622.
59. Hannan, Michael T., and Freeman, John. 1984. "Structural Inertia and Organizational Change." American Sociological Review 49:149-64.
60. Harris, Judith B., and Neal Grangenett. 1999. "Correlates with Use of Telecomputing Tools: K-12 Teachers' Beliefs and Demographics." Journal of Research on Computing in Education 31:327-40.
61. Hirsh, Paul M., and Daniel Z. Levin. 1999. "Umbrella Advocates versus Validity Police: A Life-Cycle Model." Organization Science 10:199-212.
62. Hodas, Steven. 1993. "Technology Refusal and the Organizational Culture of Schools." Educational Policy Analysis Archives: 1(10). Available on-line at http://epaa.asu.edu/eppa/vin10.html
63. Ibarra, Herminia. 1993. "Network Centrality, Power, and Innovation Involvement." Academy of Management Journal 36:471-501.
64. Kanter, Rosabeth M. 1983. The Change Masters. New York: Simon & Schuster.
65. Kotter, John P., and James L. Heskett. 1992. Corporate Culture and Performance. New York: Free Press.
66. Lave, Jane, and Etienne Wenger. 1991. Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. New York: Cambridge University Press.
67. Leonard-Barton, Dorothy. 1988. "Implementation as Mutual Adaptation of Technology and Organization." Research Policy 17:251-67.
68. Lieberman, Ann and Lynne Miller, eds. 1995. The Work of Restructuring Schools. New York: Teachers College Press.Lin, Nan. 1999. "Sunbelt Keynote Address." Connections 22(1):28-51.
69. Lieberman, Ann and Lynne Miller, eds. 1995. The Work of Restructuring Schools. New York: Teachers College Press.Lin, Nan. 1999. "Sunbelt Keynote Address." Connections 22(1):28-51.
70. -. 2001. Social Capital: A Theory of Social Structure and Action. New York: Cambridge University Press.
71. Loveless, Thomas. 1996. "Why Aren't Computers Used More in Schools?" Educational Policy 10:448-67.
72. Marsden, Peter, and Noah E. Friedkin. 1994. "Network Studies of Social Influence." Sociological Methods and Research, 22:127-51.
73. McCullagh, Peter, and John A. Nelder. 1989. Generalized Linear Models. New York: Chapman & Hall.
74. McDonald, Mary B. 2002. "Social Capital in a Community Collaborative Network." Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
75. McLaughlin, Milbrey, and D. Marsh. 1979. "Staff Development and School Change." Pp. 69-94 in Staff Development: New Demands, New Realities, New Perspectives, edited by Ann Lieberman and Lynne Miller. New York: Teachers College Press.
76. Meyer, John, and Brian Rowan. 1977. "Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony." American Journal of Sociology 30:431-50.
77. Min, Kyung Seok, and Kenneth A. Frank. "The Impact of Nonignorable Missing Data on the Inference for Regression Coefficients." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Columbus, Ohio.
78. Molm, Linda, Nobuyuki Takahashi, and Gretchen Peterson. 2000. "Risk and Trust in Social Exchange: An Experimental Test of a Classical Proposition." American Journal of Sociology 105:1396-1427.
79. Norris, Cathleen, Jennifer Smolka, and Elliot Soloway. 1999. "Convergent Analysis: A Method for Extracting the Value from Research Studies on Technology in Education." Paper presented at the Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology-1999. Available on-line at http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/tech-conf99/whitepaper/paper2.html
80. Oakes, Jeannie. 1985. Keeping Track: How Schools Structure Inequality. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
81. Perrow, Charles. 1986. Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay. New York: Random House.
82. Portes, Alejandro. 1998. "Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology." Annual Review of Sociology 24:1-24.
83. Portes, Alejandro, and Julia Sensenbrenner. 1993. "Embeddedness and Immigration: Notes on the Social Determinants of Economic Action." American Journal of Sociology 98:1320-50.
84. Prawat, Richard S. 1989. "Teaching for Understanding." Teaching and Teacher Education 5:315-28.
85. President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, Panel on Educational Technology. 1997. Report to the President on the Use of Technology to Strengthen K-12 Education in the United States. Washington, DC: Author.
86. Prochaska, James O., Carlo C. DiClemente, and John C. Norcross. 1992. "In Search of How People Change." American Psychologist 47:1102-14.
87. Putnam, Robert. 1993. "The Prosperous Community: Social Capital and Economic Growth." Current 356:4-6.
88. Putnam, Robert D. 2000. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. New York: Simon & Schuster.
89. Ramamurthy, Keshavamurthy, and G. Prem Premkumar. 1995. "Determinants and Outcomes of Electronic Data Interchange Diffusion." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 42:332-51.
90. Riehl, Carolyn, Gary Natriello, and Aaron M. Pallas. 1992. "Losing Track: the Dynamics of Student Assignment Processes in High School." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh.
91. Robison, Lindon J., Alan A. Schmidt, and Marcelo E. Siles. 2002. "Is Social Capital Really Capital?" Review of Social Economy 60(1):1-21.
92. Rogers, Everett. 1995. Diffusion of Innovations. New York: Free Press.
93. Rowan, Brian. 1995. "The Organizational Design of Schools." Pp. 11-42 in Images of Schools, edited by S. B. Bacharach and B. Mundell. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
94. Sandefur, Rebecca L., and Edward O. Laumann. 1998. "A Paradigm for Social Capital." Rationality and Society 10:481-501.
95. Sandholtz, Judith. H., and Cathy Ringstaff. 1996. "Teacher Change in Technology-rich Classrooms." Pp. 281-99 in Education and Technology: Reflections on Computing in Classrooms, edited by C. Fisher, D. C. Dwyer, and K. Yocam. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
96. Schofield, Janet. W. 1995. Computers and Classroom Culture. New York: Cambridge University Press.
97. Shedd, Joseph B., and Samuel S. Bacharach. 1991. Tangled Hierarchies: Teachers as Professionals and the Management of Schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
98. Siehl, Caren, and Joanne Martin. 1990. "Organizational Culture: A Key to Financial Performance?" Pp. 241-81 in Organizational Climate and Culture, edited by B. Schneider. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
99. Singh, Jitendra V., Robert J. House, and David J. Tucker. 1986. "Organizational Change and Organizational Mortality." Administrative Science Quarterly 31:587-611.
100. Slavin, Robert E., and Nancy A. Madden. 2001. One Million Children: Success for All. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
101. Tornatzky, Louis G., and Mitchell Fleischer, eds. 1990. The Process of Technological Innovation. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
102. Tornatzky, Louis G., and Katherine J. Klein. 1982. "Innovation Characteristics and Innovation Adoption-Implementation: A Meta-analysis of Findings." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 29:28-45.
103. U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. 1995. Teachers and Technology: Making the Connection (OTA-EHR-616). Washington, DC: Author.
104. Valente, Thomas W. 1995. Network Models of the Diffusion of Innovations. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
105. Van De Ven, Andrew H. 1986. "Central Problems in the Management of Innovation." Management Science 32:590-607.
106. Wilkins, Alan L., and William G. Ouchi. 1983. "Efficient Cultures: Exploring the Relationship Between Culture and Organizational Performance. " Administrative Science Quarterly 28:468-81.
107. Wolfe, Richard A. 1994. "Organizational Innovation: Review, Critique and Suggested Research Directions." Journal of Management Studies 31:405-31.
108. Woolcock, Michael. 1998. "Social Capital and Economic Development." Theory and Society 27:151-208.
109. Yetton, Philip, Rajeev Sharma, and Gray Southon. 1999. "Successful IS Innovation: The Contingent Contributions of Innovation Characteristics and Implementation Process." Journal of Information Technology 14:53-68.
110. Zhao, Yong, and Kenneth A. Frank. 2003. "An Ecological Analysis of Factors Affecting Technology Use in Schools." American Educational Research Journal 40:807-40.
111. Zhao, Yong, Kevin Pugh, Stephen Sheldon, and Joseph Byers. 2002. "Conditions for Classroom Technology Innovations." Teachers College Record 104:484-515.
112. Zmud, Robert W., and Eugene L. Apple. 1992. "Measuring Technology Incorporation/Infusion." Journal of Productivity Innovation Management 9:148-55.