On the rhetoric and relevance of IS research paradigms: A conceptual framework and some propositions

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Khazanchi, D ^a   Munkvold, B E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CRITICAL RESEARCHES; DEGREE OF RELEVANCE; IS RESEARCHES; RESEARCH PROCESS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

EID: 84969570372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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