Noboru Matsushima has consistently accumulated theoretical and empirical research based on the materiality concept since obtaining his dissertation in 2002, such as workstyle reform through the telework, organizational transformation by using corporate web system, and behavioral change through designing office layout. In addition, through the educational activities in the graduate school, he has accumulated researches on more wider issues using the concept of materiality, and this book is rooted in this research accumulation. More specific research achievements of the editors are detailed in the CV, but the peer-reviewed books (Matsushima, 2015), a compilation of organizational research on the concept of sociomateriality in information management research, won the Book Award of the Society for the History of Management Theories and the Book Award of the Japan Society for Information and Management. He also received the Paper Award of Japan Society for Information and Management forhis action research on the i
