NEW state of play in information systems research: The push to the edges

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 271-296

  Grover, Varun ^a   Lyytinen, Kalle ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemic scripts; Information systems discipline; Institutional analysis; IS theory; IT artifact; Middlerange theory; Research inquiry; Theory borrowing

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EPISTEMIC SCRIPT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DISCIPLINES; INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; IT ARTIFACT; MIDDLE-RANGE THEORY; THEORY BORROWING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84941599271     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2015/39.2.01     Document Type: Review

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