Research Methods in Information Systems

Information Systems Research Methodology: An Introduction to the Debate (G. Fitzgerald et al.). Information Systems Epistemology: An Historical Perspective (R. Hirschheim). Acquiring Knowledge of Information Systems Research in a Methodological Quagmire (H.E. Nissen). Contextualist Research and the Study of Organizational Change Process (A.M. Pettigrew). Socio-Technical Design, Trade Union Strategies and Action Research (A. Sandberg). Comment (D. Cooper). Research Methodologies and MIS Research (A. Milton Jenkins). Development, Application and Enrichment of Strobe: Refinement of an Observational Tool for the Information Analyst (K. Kendall and J. Kendall). The Poverty of Scientism in Information Systems (H.K. Klein and K. Lyytinen). Comment (T. Lowe). Research Methods in Information Systems: Using Action Research (T. Wood-Harper). Phenomemology: A Preferred Approach to Research on Information Systems (R.J. Boland Jr.). Selection of a Research Method (L. Antill). The Critical Theory of Jurgen Habermas as a Basis for a Theory of Information Systems (K.J. Lyytinen and H.K. Klein). Perceptions and Deceptions: Issues for Information Systems Research (K. Brittain White). The Need for Longitudinal Designs in the Study of Computing Environments (N.P. Vitalari). Comment (R. Espejo). Conference Review: IS Research - A Doubtful Science (N. Bjorn-Andersen). Appendix: Additional Papers. In Search of a Paradigm for Information Systems Research (R.D. Galliers). Two Research Methodologies for Studying User Development Data Systems (P. Flensberg). Researching People Problems: Some Advice to a Student (E. Mumford).