Virtual Organization: Duality of Human Identities in Consciousness and Entity

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Author(s): Jinyoul Lee (State University of New York at Binghamton, USA), Bandula Jayatilaka (State University of New York at Binghamton, USA)and Ron Chi-Wai Kwok (State University of New York at Binghamton, USA)
Copyright: 2002
Pages: 2
Source title: Issues & Trends of Information Technology Management in Contemporary Organizations
Source Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-930708-39-6.ch074
ISBN13: 9781930708396
EISBN13: 9781466641358

Keywords: Engineering Science Reference / IT Research & Theory / IT Research and Theory / Library & Information Science

Abstract

Inspired by the recent work of Schultze and Orlikowski (2001), this research extends the scope of the virtual organization in terms of virtual space, a metaphor used in time (beyond the constraint of time we live) and space (beyond the constraint of actual location we are belonging to) dimensions (Allcorn, 1997). It is true that a virtual organization inherits the attributes of virtual space – a new concept of time and space. In other words, a virtual organization does not exist in our time and space, but rather exists only in virtual space (perceptual world), which is the metaphor of our consciousness, not reality. A virtual organization, in this meaning, is the metaphor of our designed and structured consciousnesses, existing in virtual space to perform the intended actions of interests. However, the most important thing in virtual organization is to identify the role of human actors who get involved in both physical and perceptual world.

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