The impact of social constructivism on ERP systems security: A critical social review

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Abstract

Little is understood about the effects of social constructivism that shapes conflicting concerns regarding Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) security and usability during implementation. This work looks at social constructivism as produced and reproduced by stakeholders in the ERP systems implementation phase. Social constructivism is characterised by the embedded trade-off for usability, espoused by end-user and security, espoused by developers. Social constructivism was conceptualised qualitatively from a selected case study. Critical Social Theory (CST) was used as the theoretical lens. Stakeholders concerned with ERP security aspects in the implementation phase were interviewed and data transcribed and interpreted. Hermeneutical interpretation was applied towards understanding social constructivism. Exegesis techniques used include textual criticism and reduction criticism. The contribution of the work is twofold: the work provides insights regarding ERP systems security by attempting to explain how social constructivism shapes outcomes of ERP security; the article also shows how hermeneutics could be applied in the discipline of information systems security. Findings for this case reveal that social constructivism does shape ERP security in insightful ways.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 12th Australian Information Security Management Conference, AISM 2014
EditorsMike Johnstone
PublisherEdith Cowan University
Pages39-47
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9780729807180
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event12th Australian Information Security Management Conference, AISM 2014 - Perth, United States
Duration: 1 Dec 20143 Dec 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of 12th Australian Information Security Management Conference, AISM 2014

Conference

Conference12th Australian Information Security Management Conference, AISM 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPerth
Period1/12/143/12/14

Keywords

  • ERP systems
  • Security
  • Social constructivism
  • Usability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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