TY - GEN
T1 - The choice of critical information systems research
AU - Howcroft, Debra
AU - Trauth, Eileen M.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Accompanying the development and diffusion of information technologies throughout organizations and society is the research challenge to examine the relationship between information systems and the organizations and societies within which they are embedded. As the field of information systems matures, it is fitting that consideration be given to the ways in which such an examination is carried out. Thus, there is a research need not only to examine and assess the ways in which information systems are used and affect people; there is also a research need to examine and assess the research approaches that are used to carry out these assessments. This paper examines the enactment of the critical tradition in IS research and the possibilities for new insights that can arise from shifting the lens from positivist or interpretive to critical. This consideration leads to a discussion of issues that arise from the choice of critical IS research, followed by some recommendations for addressing these issues.
AB - Accompanying the development and diffusion of information technologies throughout organizations and society is the research challenge to examine the relationship between information systems and the organizations and societies within which they are embedded. As the field of information systems matures, it is fitting that consideration be given to the ways in which such an examination is carried out. Thus, there is a research need not only to examine and assess the ways in which information systems are used and affect people; there is also a research need to examine and assess the research approaches that are used to carry out these assessments. This paper examines the enactment of the critical tradition in IS research and the possibilities for new insights that can arise from shifting the lens from positivist or interpretive to critical. This consideration leads to a discussion of issues that arise from the choice of critical IS research, followed by some recommendations for addressing these issues.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84902521985
SN - 1402080948
SN - 9781402080944
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 195
EP - 211
BT - Inf. Systems Research
PB - Springer New York LLC
T2 - IFIP TC8/WG8.2 20th Year Retrospective: Relevant Theory and Informed Practice-Looking Forward from a 20-Year Perspective on IS Research
Y2 - 15 July 2004 through 17 July 2004
ER -