The use of an explicitly theory-driven data coding method for high-level theory testing in IOIS;Usage d'une méthode de codage des données explicitement théorique pour tester une théorie abstraite en matière de SI inter-organisationnels

ICIS 2008 Proceedings - Twenty Ninth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Reimers, Kai ^a   Johnston, Robert B ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Critical realism; Data coding; Inter organisational information systems; Research methods

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REALISM; DATA CODING; DATA CODING METHOD; EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LINKING THEORY; RESEARCH OBJECT; TOPDOWN;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 84870956989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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