... developments in two information systems research projects. Social networks Social theories Research methods Neil Ramiller can be contacted at: neilr@sba.pdx.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Let us begin with the topic of surprise. Surprise is an extraordinarily useful...

... be contacted at: wendy.currie@wbs.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Research methods Information systems Social theories As one of the early writers on institutional theory, Selznick's (1957 , pp. 16‐17) classic insight that, “to institutionalize, is to infuse with value beyond...

... artefact in this story, to help understand the tensions and disputes about the implications of the new systems: Nathalie Mitev can be contacted at: n.n.mitev@lse.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Information systems Management power Politics Research Research methods...

... of research. Research methods Social theories It was a bright and sunny Monday morning as we pulled into the visitor car park at Maple Beach Holiday Park. A groundsperson was mowing the lawn, and Bob, the co‐manager of the park, was busy in the distance finishing construction of a new...