Understanding the Philosophical Underpinnings of Software Engineering Research in Information Systems

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-183

  Gregg, Dawn G ^a,c   Kulkarni, Uday R ^b,d,e,f   Vinzé, Ajay S ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems research methodology; Research philosophy; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035596359     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011491322406     Document Type: Article

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