Information Systems Foundations: Theory Building in Information Systems

This volume presents the papers from the fifth biennial Information Systems Foundations Workshop, held at The Australian National University in Canberra from 30 September to 1 October 2010. The focus of the workshop was, as for the others in the series, the foundations of information systems as an a...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Hart, Dennis N.
Other Authors: Gregor, Shirley
Format: Software eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra : ANU Press, 2012
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary; Contributors; Preface; The Papers; Part One: Fundamental Issues; 1. Theory Building in the Information Systems Discipline:Some critical reflections; 2. Obstacles to Building Effective Theory about Attitudes and Behaviours Towards Technology; 3. Untangling Causality in Design Science Theorising; Part Two: Theories and Theorising in Practice; 4. Theorising about the Life Cycle of IT Use: An appropriation perspective; 5. A Critical Systems Thinking Perspective for IS Adoption. 6. Advancing Task-Technology Fit Theory: A formative measurement approach to determining task-channel fit for electronic banking channels7. Theory Building in Action: Structured-case with action interventions; 8. The Unit of Analysis in IS Theory: The case for activity; 9. IT-Driven Modernisation in Agriculture: New theories for a new phenomenon; 10. Competing with Business Analytics: Research in progress; Part Three: The Big Picture; 11. Theory: An informatics perspective.