Trauth E.M. Qualitative Research in Information Systems: Issues and Trends

Pennsylvania State University, USA: Idea Group Publishing, 2001. — 308 p. — ISBN10: 1930708068; ISBN13: 9781930708068.As information technologies have evolved, so too has our understanding of the information systems that employ them. A significant part of this evolving understanding is the role of the human contexts within which information systems are situated. This, in turn, has led to the need for appropriate methods of studying information systems in their context of use. There is a growing consensus that qualitative research methods offer important benefits to the study of information systems. This recognition has spawned the demand for more in-depth discussion of the various types of qualitative IS methods so that researchers can determine ones that are most appropriate for addressing their particular research problems. The objective of Qualitative Research in IS: Issues and Trends is to address this need. Its intent is to assist IS researchers in their efforts to learn about and employ qualitative methods for IS research.Trends in the Choice of Qualitative Methods
The Choice of Qualitative Methods in IS Research
Eileen M. Trauth Northeastern University, USA
Möbius Transitions in the Dilemma of Legitimacy
Eleanor WynnIntel Corporation, USA
Issues for the is researcher
Action Research: Helping Organizations to Change
Enid Mumford Manchester Business School, UK
Reflexive Ethnography in Information Systems Research
Ulrike Schultze Southern Methodist University, USA
An Encounter with Grounded Theory: Tackling the Practical and Philosophical Issues
Cathy Urquhart University of Sunshine Coast, Australia
Doing Critical IS Research: The Question of Methodology
Dubravka Cecez-KecmanovicUniversity of Western Sydney, Australia
Analysis by Long Walk: Some Approaches to the Synthesis of Multiple Sources of Evidence
Steve SawyerPennsylvania State University, USA
Issues for the is profession
Conducting Action Research: High Risk and High Reward in Theory and Practice
Richard BaskervilleGeorgia State University, USA
A Classification Scheme for Interpretive Research in Information Systems
Heinz K. KleinTemple University, USAMichael D. MyersUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand
Challenges to Qualitative Researchers in Information Systems
Allen S. LeeVirginia Commonwealth University, USA
Choosing Qualitative Methods in IS Research: Lessons Learned
Eileen M. TrauthNortheastern University, USA
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