A paradigmatic and methodological examination of information systems research from 1991 to 2001

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-235

  Chen, Wenshin ^a   Hirschheim, Rudy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpretivism; IS research; Paradigms; Positivism; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS); PARADIGMATIC EXAMINATIONS;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PUBLISHING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 3042724903     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2004.00173.x     Document Type: Review

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