...Teodor Mladenov Purpose The purpose of this article is to propose a metatheoretical framework for understanding the practice of social theorising. I argue that the latter fundamentally consists of engaging with binary distinctions, concepts and typologies. Design/methodology/approach I combine...

...Yvonne Ai-Chi Loh; Arul Chib Purpose This paper presents a framework to measure the digital divide by considering a more comprehensive index of information and communication technology (ICT) predictors. The authors also address the conceptual and methodological problems in the digital divide field...

... (environmental embedding (EE) and simulated physical control (SPC)) affect decision comfort. Design/methodology/approach This research theoretically and empirically analyzes how each property of AR experiences affects consequential psychological states and then further increases decision comfort by employing...

... are proposed as antecedents of knowledge sharing behavior performed by client firms. Additionally, entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is considered a moderator in the relationship between psychological contract and knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted the questionnaire survey...

... in the sharing economy. The purpose of this paper is to analyze rarely examined supply-side motivations of providers. Design/methodology/approach To address this gap and to illuminate understanding of how Airbnb supply is configured and influenced, this study examines spatial patterns and socioeconomic...

... Information systems Action learning Training Research Methodology Group working Between March 1993 and June 1994[2], I trained three groups of five experienced meeting facilitators in a GSS facilitation training programme. The training programme consisted of three modules as shown in Table...

... with participants in the process, plans a problem solving strategy, and then proceeds to implement a number of action steps. These steps may or may not be guided or informed by a particular problem solving approach (such as Soft Systems Methodology (Checkland, 1981) or Multiview (Wood‐Harper et al., 1985...

... structures. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Information systems Action research Methodology Control Action research (AR), which emphasises collaboration between researchers and practitioners, represents a potentially useful qualitative research method for the information systems field...

... and analyzes the following assumptions regarding information systems methodology (ISM) research: the positive impact of methodologies on the process and product of information system design; the irrationality of design practice; the existence of knowledge about good design practice; the ability to communicate...

... of this refined framework on IS research and practice are discussed. Action research Assessment Information systems Methodology Quality Research Over the past two decades, there has been a growing number of IS publications that advocate the use of alternative approaches to understand...

...Joe Nandhakumar; David E. Avison This paper describes the findings of a field study that explores the process of information systems (IS) development in a large organization. The paper argues that traditional IS development methodologies are treated primarily as a necessary fiction to present...

...Lucas D. Introna; Edgar A. Whitley Provides a critique of method‐ism ‐ the view that methodology is necessary and sufficient for information systems’ development success; method‐ism presupposes also that systems developers understand the value of methodology and will prefer to work with it rather...

... systems (Pettigrew, 1985). In the next two sections, the origins of ethnography in anthropology are briefly presented and then a particular form of ethnography which uses critical hermeneutics is discussed. © Company 1995 Ethnography Hermeneutics Information systems Methodology Quality...