Whom are we informing? Issues and recommendations for MIS research from an informing sciences perspective

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-235

  Gill, Grandon ^a   Bhattacherjee, Anol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Informing sciences; Management information systems; Practitioner; Relevance; Resonance; Rigor

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESONANCE;

COGNITIVE SCIENCE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; INFORMING SCIENCES; PRACTITIONER; RELEVANCE; RIGOR; STUDENT ENROLLMENTS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 66449094664     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20650290     Document Type: Article

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