Empirical applications of structuration theory

Abstract

This study reviews and classifies fifty-three potential empirical applications of structuration theory in geography and the social sciences. These were retrieved using a computerized keyword search of articles and books published in the English language between 1982 and 2000. The five dimensions for classifying these studies were (1) a representable type of social behaviour, (2) a methodological bracketing, (3) using specific data, (4) a treatment of time-space, and (5) an interpretation of a duality of structure. Thirteen studies were classified as the most productive applications of structuration theory because they either tested or illustrated a duality of structure. On the one hand, the substantive areas of these were more diverse than originally envisioned. On the other hand, they were interpretations of the ongoing relatively formal social interactions between individuals in modern communities, families and organizations, and this confirms the theory's more circumscribed ontological scope as implied by the critics. Job or home loss or gain

A city in motion: time‐space activity and mobility patterns of suburban inhabitants and the structuration of the spatial organization of the prague metropolitan area

“…In 1985 Moss and Dear stated that 'there has been little exploration into the empirical viability of structuration theory for geographic research' (Moss and Dear, 1985: 231) and proposed a model for analysing the structuration of urban space that links spatial form and social relations. Such attempts have however, been, rare, and Phipps (2001) recently concluded that geographical applications of structuration theory have not succeeded in integrating geography with the structuration process, namely in the acknowledgement of the duality of structure. 1 Thus Pred's (1984) views of the application of structuration theory with time-space geography in understanding how places are produced, reproduced and transformed still has yet to be accomplished.…”

Teoria da Estruturação Forte Aplicada aos Estudos Organizacionais

“…(STONES, 2005;POZZEBON;PINSSONEAULT, 2005) Mesmo submetida a essas (e outras críticas), a Teoria da Estruturação tem sido utilizada em trabalhos nas mais diversas áreas como, por exemplo, sistemas contábeis, arqueologia, demografia, cultura organizacional, política, sociologia da tecnologia, gestão de redes interfirmas, estudos migratórios, análises do esporte e lazer, e sobre gênero e patriarcado (BRYANT; JARY, 2001, p. 43-61). Phipps (2001), analisando 53 obras (artigos, livros, capítulos de livros e teses) que empregaram a Teoria da Estruturação empiricamente, também identificou uma gama extensa de áreas e temas, dentre eles, vários estudos relacionados às organizações.…”

“…A Teoria da Estruturação tem sido utilizada em trabalhos nas mais diversas áreas do conhecimento (BRYANT;JARY, 2001;PHIPPS, 2001). No campo de estudos organizacionais, também é significativo o número de trabalhos desenvolvidos com suporte na Teoria da Estruturação.…”

Underground Tourists/Tourists Underground: African American Tourism to Mammoth Cave

“…Among the various post-structuralist approaches, one adopted by scholars in many disciplines is structuration theory (Phipps 2001). In its most basic form, structuration theory holds that structure and agency are dual processes that are mutually and continually reproducing.…”