Formulating Research Methods for Information Systems : Volume 1 /: Volume 1. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leslie P. Willcocks, Chris Sauer, Mary C. Lacity.
• Editors: Professor, Willcocks, Leslie P; Sauer, Chris; Professor, Lacity, Mary C
• Contents: Introduction; Leslie Willcocks, Chris Sauer and Mary Lacity; ; PART I: INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT; 1. Retrospect and prospect: information systems research in the last and next 25 years; Lee, A; 2. Commentaries on Retrospect and Prospects for I.S. Research; 2.1. On some extensions to Lee's retrospect and prospect IS paper; Lundeberg, M; 2.2. Knowledge lost and found: a commentary on Allen Lee's 'retrospect and prospect; Baskerville, R; 2.3. Retrospect and prospect: information systems in the last and next 25 years: response and extension; Davison, R; 2.4. Comments on Allen Lee's article 'Retrospect and prospect': information systems research in the last and next 25 years' from a socio-theoretical IS research perspective; Avgerou, C; 3. Towards Dissolution of The IS Research Debate: From Polarization To Polarity; Fitzgerald, B. and Howcroft, D; ; PART II: METHOLODOLOGICAL PRACTICE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH; 4. Methodological practice and policy for organisationally and socially relevant IS research: an inclusive-exclusive perspective; Davison, R., and Martinsons, M; 5. Commentaries on Methodological Practice; 5.1. Is there a methodological crisis?; Myers, M; 5.2. Commentary on Davison and Martinsons: methodological practice and policy for organisationally and socially relevant IS research: an inclusive – exclusive perspective; Lee, A; 5.3. In celebration of diversity in Information systems research; Galliers, R; 5.4. Open Sources? A Commentary on 'IS Research Methods: Inclusive or Exclusive?; Nandhakumar, J. and Scarbrough, H; 5.5. Pluralism is not about me, it is about us; Germonprez, M; 5.6. Research methods and the relevance of the IS discipline: a critical analysis of the role of methodological pluralism; Sharma, R; ; PART III: GENERALIZABILITY IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH; 6. Classifying Generalization: Paradigm War or Abuse of Terminology?; Williams, J., and Tsang, E; 7. Generalization in IS Research: A Critique of the Conflicting Positions of Lee & Baskerville and Tsang & Williams; Seddon, P. and Scheepers, R; ; PART IV: THE ROLE OF THEORY IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH; 8. Is theory king? Questioning the theory fetish in information systems; Avison, D., and Malaurent, J; 9. Commentaries on the Role of Theory; 9.1. Theory is king? But first, what is theory?; Lee, A; 9.2. Maybe not the king, but an invaluable subordinate: a commentary on Avison and Malaurent's advocacy of 'theory light' IS research; Markus, L; 9.3. The power of an intellectual account: developing stories of the digital age; Henfridsson, O; 9.4. From 'theory light' to theorizing: a reaction to Avison & Malaurent; Compeau, D., and Olivera, F; 9.5. Taking theory too far? a commentary on Avison and Malaurent; Silverman, D; 9.6. Theory – still king, but needing a revolution; Gregor, S; 9.7. A Rejoinder; Avison, D. and Malaurent, J;
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (312 pages), (6 illustrations)
• Subjects: Development/Business Development; Information Management; Research & Development; Management Science; Business innovation; International business; Business & management; Business mathematics & systems
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137509840; 1137509848
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