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Can ICT Enhance Workplace Inclusion?: ICT-Enabled Workplace Inclusion Practices and A New Agenda for Inclusion Research in Information Systems

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Article number101773
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>30/06/2023
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Issue number2
Volume32
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date10/06/23
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Workplace inclusion is a strategic concern for organizations, yet challenging to achieve. We investigate how Information and Communications Technology (ICT) use can enhance workplace inclusion. Based on qualitative data collected from a leading UK organization, we conceptualize four ICT-enabled workplace inclusion practices – Expanding, Orienting, Enculturating, and Reflecting. Each practice entails the use of multiple ICT applications to enhance workplace inclusion through a distinct set of organizational activities. We also highlight the Reflecting practice as key in enhancing other practices. Drawing from our findings, we develop a framework for ICT-enabled workplace inclusion that constitutes inter- related ICT-enabled practices focused on multiple organizational activities. We contribute to the literature on the strategic role of ICT for organizational/social good, a current area of research priority for the information systems discipline.