Description
Book SynopsisQualitative research has become a legitimate approach within the information systems community, but researchers have traditionally drawn upon material from the social sciences given the absence of a single source relevant to them.
Qualitative Research in Information Systems: A Reader represents just such a volume and is both timely and relevant.
Information systems and qualitative research articles are now widely used for teaching on many upper level courses in information systems, and there is demand for a definitive collection of these readings as a basic reader and teaching text. This book expertly brings together the seminal works in the field, along with editorial introductions to assist the reader in understanding the essential principles of qualitative research.
The book is organised according to the following thematic sections:
Part I: Overview of Qualitative Research
Part II: Philosophical Perspectives
Part III: Qualitative Research Methods
Part IV: Modes of Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Data
Qualitative Research in Information Systems: A Reader should become the benchmark reference point for students and researchers in information systems, management science and others involved in information technology needing to learn about qualitative research.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH An Introduction to Qualitative Research in Information Systems - Michael D Myers and David E Avison Choosing Appropriate Information Systems Research Methodologies - Bob Galliers and Frank Land Power, Politics and MIS Implementation - M Lynne Markus PART TWO: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES Studying Information Technology in Organizations - Wanda Orlikowski and J J Baroudi Research Approaches and Assumptions The Case Research Strategy in Studies of Information Systems - Izak Benbasat, D K Goldstein and M Mead Interpretive Case Studies in IS Research - Geoff Walsham Nature and Method The Critical Social Theory Approach to Information Systems - Ojelanki Ngwenyama Problems and Challenges PART THREE: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS A Critical Perspective on Action Research as a Method for Information Systems Research - Richard Baskerville and Trevor Wood-Harper A Scientific Methodology for MIS Case Studies - A S Lee Scholarship and Practice - Lynda L Harvey and Michael D Myers The Contribution of Ethnographic Research Methods to Bridging the Gap CASE Tools Are Organizational Change - Wanda Orlikowski Investigating Incremental and Radical Changes in Systems Development PART FOUR: MODES OF ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING QUALITATIVE DATA Information System Use as an Hermeneutic Process - Richard J Boland Jr Symbolism and Information Systems Development - Rudy Hirschheim and Mike Newman Myth, Metaphor and Magic
