Information systems as a reference discipline

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-14

  Baskerville, Richard L ^a   Myers, Michael D ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computing reference disciplines; Diffusion of research; Future of IS; IS research agenda; IS research issues; Knowledge networks; Research tradition

Indexed keywords

CYBERNETICS; DECISION THEORY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPUTING REFERENCE DISCIPLINES; DIFFUSION OF RESEARCH; FUTURE OF IS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS); IS RESEARCH ISSUES; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; RESEARCH TRADITIONS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042217175     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4132338     Document Type: Review

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