Towards a framework for structuring theory in IS research

19th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2013 - Hyperconnected World: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 3614-3624

  Olbrich, Sebastian ^a   Mueller, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; IS philosophy; Theory framework

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL REVIEW; GROUNDED THEORY; GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH; IS PHILOSOPHY; IS RESEARCHES; THEORY FRAMEWORK;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84893308773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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