Enacting Research Methods in Information Systems: Volume 1

This edited three volume edition brings together significant papers previously published in the Journal of information Technology (JIT) over its 30 year publication history. The three volumes of Enacting Research Methods in Information Systems celebrate t

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Edited by Leslie P. Willcocks, Chris Sauer and Mary C. Lacity

Enacting Research Methods in Information Systems: Volume 1

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Enacting Research Methods in Information Systems: Volume 1 Edited by

Leslie P. Willcocks London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Chris Sauer Oxford University, UK

and

Mary C. Lacity University of Missouri-St Louis, USA

Editors Leslie P. Willcocks London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Chris Sauer Oxford University Oxford, UK

Mary C. Lacity University of Missouri-St Louis St Louis, Missouri, USA

ISBN 978-3-319-29265-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29266-3

ISBN 978-3-319-29266-3 (eBook)

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Contents List of Figures and Tables

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Introduction Leslie P. Willcocks, Chris Sauer and Mary C. Lacity

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Section I Critical Research 1 Information Technology as Disciplinary Technology: Being Critical in Interpretive Research on Information Systems Bill Doolin 2 What Does It Mean to Be ‘Critical’ in IS Research? Carole Brooke

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3 Critical Perspectives on Information Systems: An Impression of the Research Landscape Carole Brooke

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4 To Reveal Is to Critique: Actor–Network Theory and Critical Information Systems Research Bill Doolin and Alan Lowe

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5 The Rationality Framework for a Critical Study of Information Systems Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic, Marius Janson and Ann Brown

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Section II Grounded Theory Approaches 6 Using Grounded Theory Method in Information Systems: The Researcher as Blank Slate and Other Myths Cathy Urquhart and Walter Fernández

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7 On Emergence and Forcing in Information Systems Grounded Theory Studies