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 introduction of electronic medical records in hospital organizations (Matsushima, 2009).His research achievements are not only directly related to the concept of materiality, but the expansion of his research has led to this book covering the entire system of management studies. For example, he has accumulated research on institutionalist organization theory, which is the central theoretical foundation of recent management studies, and published a major book (Kuwada, Matsushima, Takahashi, 2015). He has accumulated research on science, technology, and society (STS), and he was responsible for the chapter on the concept of translation, which is central to almost the only book on actor network theory in Japan (Matsushima, 2006). Subsequent cross-disciplinary research achievements include an edited volume on the integration of organization theory and accounting (Kokubu, Sawabe & Matsushima, 2017). The author also organized a fusion symposium of humanities and science (with quantum phycologists), which will focus on the innovation ecosystem generated in the synchrotron radiation facilities in December 2020.
