Growth of theories on information seeking: An analysis of growth of a theoretical research program on the relation between task complexity and information seeking

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 361-382

  Vakkari, Pertti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LOGIC; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION THEORY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION SEEKING; TASK COMPLEXITY;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0032017020     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(97)00074-5     Document Type: Review

References (41)

1. Allen, T. (1977), Managing the Flow of Technology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
2. Balzer, W., Moulines, C-U., & Sneed, J. D. (1987), An Architectonic for Science, The Structuralist Program, Dordrecht and Boston and Lancaster and Tokyo: Reidel.
3. Belkin, N., & Vickery, A. (1985), Information in Information Systems. British Library LIRR 35. London: British Library.
4. Berger, J., & Zelditch, M.(1993), Orienting Strategies and Theory Growth. In J. Berger & M. Zelditch (Eds.) Theoretical Research Programs (pp. 3-19). Standford, Col.: Stanford UP.
5. Buckland, M. (1991). Information and information systems. New York: Praeger.
6. Byström, K., & Järvelin, K. (1995). Task Complexity Affects Information Seeking and Use. Information Processing and Management, 31(2), 191-213.
7. Culnan, M. (1980), Organizational Information Flows and the Industrial Library. Diss. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI.
8. Culnan, M. (1983). Environmental Scanning: The Effects of Task Complexity and Source Accessibility on Information Behavior. Decision Sciences, 14, 197-206.
9. Daft, R., & MacIntosh, N. (1981). A Tentative Exploration into the Amount and Equivocality of Information Processing in Organizational Work Units. Administrative Science Quarterly, 26(2), 207-224.
10. Dervin, B. (1992), From the Mind's Eye of the 'User'. In J. Glazier & R. Powell (Eds.) Qualitative Research in Information Management (pp. 61-84). Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 61-84.
11. Dervin, B., & Nilan, D. (1986), Information Needs and Uses. In M. Williams (Ed.) Annual Review of Information Science and Technology Vol. 21 (pp. 3-33). White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications.
12. Ingwersen, P. (1995). Information and Information Science. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 56(19), 134-174.
13. Jasso, G. (1993), Building the Theory of Comparison Process. In J. Berger & M. Zelditch (Eds.) Theoretical Research Programs (pp. 213-614). Standford, Col.: Stanford UP.
14. Järvelin, K., & Vakkari, P. (1992). The Evolution of Library and Information Science 1965-1985. A Content Analysis of Journal Articles. Information Processing and Management, 29(1), 129-144.
15. Kuhlthau, C. (1993), Seeking meaning. Norwood NJ: Ablex.
16. Kunz, W., Rittel, H., & Schwuchow, W. (1977), Methods of analysis and evaluation of information needs: a critical view. München: Verlag Dokumentation.
17. Kuokkanen, M. (1992), The Continuity Problem of Scientific Theories. An Example of Social Psychological Balance Theorizing. In H. Westmeyer (Ed.) The Structuralist Program in Psychology: Foundations and Applications. Seattle and Toronto and Bern and Göttingen: Hogrete and Huber Publishers.
18. Kuokkanen, M., & Savolainen, J. (1994). The Growth of Sociological Theories. A Structuralist Alternative to Seeking Theoretical Continuity. Quality and Quantity, 28, 345-370.
19. Lawler, E., & Ford, R. (1993), Metatheory and Friendly Competition in the Theory Growth. In J. Berger & M. Zelditch (Eds.) Theoretical Research Programs (pp. 172-210). Standford, Col.: Stanford UP.
20. Leckie, G., Pettigrew, K., & Sylvain, C. (1996). Modelling the Information Seeking of Professionals: A General Model Derived from Research on Engineers, Health Care Professionals, and Lawyers. Library Quarterly, 66(2), 161-193.
21. Pearce, D., (1987), Roads to commensurability. Dordrecht: Reidel.
22. Pinelli, T., et al. (1993), Technical Uncertainty and Project Complexity as Correlates of Information Use by U.S. Industry-Affiliated Aerospace Engineers and Scientists. Technical Memo 107693. Hanton, Va: NASA.
23. Saracevic, T. (1992) Information Science: Origin, Evolution and Relations. In P. Vakkari & B. Cronin (Eds.) Conceptions of Library and Information Science (pp. 5-27). London and Los Angeles: Graham Taylor.
24. Stinchcombe, A. (1968), Constructing Social Theories. New York: Harcourt.
25. Taylor, R. (1991), Information use environments. In B. Dervin (Ed.) Progress in Communication Sciences Vol. 10 (pp. 217-255). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
26. Tiamiyu, M. (1992). The Relation between Source Use and Work Complexity, Decision-Making Discretion and Activity Duration in Nigerian Government Ministries. International Journal of Information Management, 12, 130-141.
27. Tushman, M. (1978). Technical Communication in R&D Laboratories. The Impact of Project Work Characteristics. Academy of Management Journal, 21(4), 624-645.
28. Tushman, M., & Nadler, D. (1980), Communication and Technical Roles in R&D Laboratories: An Information Processing Model. In B. Dean & J. Goldhar (Eds.) Management of Research and Innovation (pp. 91-112). NY: North Holland.
29. Wagner, D., & Berger, J. (1985). Do Sociological Theories Grow? American Journal of Sociology, 90, 697-728.
30. Wagner, D., Berger, J., & Zeldith, M. (1989), Theory Growth, Social Processes, and Metatheory. In J. Turner (Ed.) Theory Building in Sociology, Sage, pp. 19-42.
31. Wagner, D., Berger, J., & Zeldith, M. (1992), A Working Strategy for Constructing Theories. In G. Ritzer (Ed.) Metatheorizing. Sage, pp. 107-123.
32. Westmeyer, H. (ed.) (1989), Psychological Theories from a Structuralist Point of View. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
33. Whitley, R. (1974) Cognitive and Social Institutionalization of Scientific Specialties and Research Areas. In R. Whitley (Ed.) Social Processes of Scientific Development (pp. 69-95). London and Boston.
34. Wilson, T. (1994), Information Needs and Uses: Fifty Years of Progress? In B. Vickery (Ed.) Fifty Years of Information Progress: A Journal of Documentation Review (pp. 15-51).
35. Wilson, T., & Walsh, C. (1996) Information Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. A Report to the British Library R&D Department on a Review of the Literature (Manuscript).
36. Vakkari, P. (1994). Library and Information Science: Its Content and Scope. Advances of Librarianship, 18, 1-55.
37. Vakkari, P. (1996). Social and Cognitive Institutionalization of LIS Research in Scandinavia. International Forum for Information and Documentation, 21(3), 25-36.
38. Vakkari, P. (1997), Information Seeking in Context: A Changing and Challenging Metatheory. In P. Vakkari, R. Savolainen & B. Dervin (Eds.) Information Seeking in Context (pp. 451-464). London and Los Angeles: Graham Taylor.
39. Vakkari, P., & Kuokkanen, M. (1997), Theoretical Growth in Information science. Applications of the Theory of Science to a Theory of Information Seeking. Journal of Documentation, 53(5), 497-519.
40. Van de Ven, A., & Ferry, D. (1980), Measuring and Assessing Organizations. New York: Wiley.
41. Zeffane, R., & Gul, F. (1993). The Effects of task Characteristics and Sub-Unit Structure on Dimensions of Information Processing. Information Processing and Management, 29(6), 703-719.