Deriving an IS-theory from an epistemological position

ACIS 2007 Proceedings - 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 110-120

  Holten, Roland ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epistemological and ontological position; Information systems theory; Language critique; Participative research approaches

Indexed keywords

EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND ONTOLOGICAL POSITION; LANGUAGE CRITIQUE; MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING; RESEARCH APPROACH; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION; SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE;

COMMUNICATION; ONTOLOGY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 70450132836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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