Two paradigms characterize much of the research in the Information Systems discipline:
behavioral science and design science. The behavioral-science paradigm seeks to develop …

In response to the South African Computer Journal's editorial of June 2003, this paper
reviews some of the philosophical issues underpinning academic research in Information …

Although there has been a growing understanding of theory in the information systems field
in recent years, the process of theorizing is rarely addressed with contributions originating …

The notion of 'information system'is examined particularly from the perspective that those
concerned with such 'systems' might learn something from the whole body of ideas …

Researchers have emphasized theory's pivotal importance in the information systems (IS)
discipline since its inception. As in many science disciplines, IS scholars' ability to …

Purpose–This research seeks to investigate the introduction of new information and
communication technology systems and to describe the development of a conceptual model …

This paper presents a critical approach to the way organizations justify adopting enterprise
resource planning (ERP) systems. An earlier critical theory provides a framework for …

The Information Systems field is structured by the research topics emphasized by
communities of journals. The Latent Categorization Method categorized and automatically …

The goal of this paper is to raise the level of discourse surrounding paradigms by drawing
out a number of observations on how paradigms are interpreted in the IS field, and to …

Abstract Theory's pivotal importance has been continuously emphasized in the information
systems (IS) discipline ever since its inception. The ability to understand and contribute to …