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Summary
Summary
This study seeks to help the information systems researcher determine which qualitative methods are most appropriate for addressing their particular research questions. The details of specific research projects provide the backdrop for the discussion of methodological issues.
Author Notes
Richard L. Baskerville is Associate Professor of Information Systems and Chairman of the Department of Computer Information Systems, College of Business Administration, Georgia State University.
Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic is currently Professor and Founding Chair in Information Systems at the College of Law and Business, University of Western Sydney.
Heinz K. Klein is currently working at the MIS Department of Temple University in Philadelphia.
Allen S. Lee is Eminent Scholar and Professor of Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth University, in the United States.
Enid Mumford is Emeritus Professor of Manchester Business School where she was a Professor of Organizational Behavior.
Michael D. Myers is Professor of Information Systems in the Department of Management Science and Information Systems at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Steve Sawyer is an Associate Professor at The Pennsylvania State University's School of Information Sciences and Technology, where he conducts social informatics research.
Ulrike Schultze is Assistant Professor in Information Technology and Operations Management at Southern Methodist University.
Eileen M. Trauth is Professor of Management Information Systems in the College of Business Administration at Northeastern University in Boston.
Cathy Urquhart is Senior Lecturer and Head of Information Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Eleanor Wynn is a knowledge mapping manager for Intel Corporation.
Table of Contents
Preface | p. i |
Trends in the Choice of Qualitative Methods | |
Chapter 1. The Choice of Qualitative Methods in IS Research | p. 1 |
Chapter 2. Mobius Transitions in the Dilemma of Legitimacy | p. 20 |
Issues for the is Researcher | |
Chapter 3. Action Research: Helping Organizations to Change | p. 46 |
Chapter 4. Reflexive Ethnography in Information Systems Research | p. 78 |
Chapter 5. An Encounter with Grounded Theory: Tackling the Practical and Philosophical Issues | p. 104 |
Chapter 6. Doing Critical IS Research: The Question of Methodology | p. 141 |
Chapter 7. Analysis by Long Walk: Some Approaches to the Synthesis of Multiple Sources of Evidence | p. 163 |
Issues for the is Profession | |
Chapter 8. Conducting Action Research: High Risk and High Reward in Theory and Practice | p. 192 |
Chapter 9. A Classification Scheme for Interpretive Research in Information Systems | p. 218 |
Chapter 10. Challenges to Qualitative Researchers in Information Systems | p. 240 |
Chapter 11. Choosing Qualitative Methods in IS Research: Lessons Learned | p. 271 |
About the Authors | p. 289 |
Index | p. 295 |