Advancing Information Systems Theories: Rationale and Processes (1st ed. 2021) (Technology, Work and Globalization)
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- Synopsis
- The information systems (IS) field represents a multidisciplinary area that links the rapidly changing technology of information (or communications and information technology, ICT) to the business and social environment. Despite the potential that the IS field has to develop its own native theories to address current issues involving ICT it has consistently borrowed theories from its “reference disciplines,” often uncritically, to legitimize its research. This volume is the first of a series intended to advance IS research beyond this form of borrowed legitimization and derivative research towards fresh and original research that naturally comes from its own theories. It is inconceivable for a field so relevant to the era of the hyper-connected society, disruptive technologies, big data, social media, "fake news" and the weaponization of information to not be brimming with its own theories. The first step in reaching the goal of developing native IS theories is to reach an agreement on the need for theory (its rationale) and its role as the most distinctive product of human intellectual activity. This volume addresses what theories are, why bother with theories and the process of theorizing itself because the process of developing theories cannot be divorced from the product of that process. It will lay out a research agenda for decades to come and will be invaluable reading for any academic in the IS field and related disciplines concerned with information, systems, technology and their management.
- Copyright:
- 2021
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783030648848
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783030648831
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 04/22/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Business and Finance
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Nik Rushdi Hassan
- Edited by:
- Leslie P. Willcocks
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