Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-1998
Abstract
This paper reports on the stage of maturity of MIS research according to the McGrath (1979) model, as evidenced by the theory building occurring in two top MIS research journals. While MIS as a discipline continues to grow, its development depends on establishing a cumulative tradition of good research (Keen 1980). Of the published papers surveyed that are relevant to theory building, 81% of them relate to theory development, while 18% address theory testing. Of the papers involving data collection, more than half use field studies as the methodology. In order to advance MIS as a mature field, it is hoped that MIS researchers consider these findings when developing future research agendas.
Keywords
MIS research, Theory building, Data collection, Research methodology
Discipline
Databases and Information Systems
Research Areas
Data Science and Engineering; Information Systems and Management; Intelligent Systems and Optimization
Publication
Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Maryland, USA, 1998 August
First Page
734
Last Page
735
Publisher
AIS
City or Country
Atlanta
Citation
LIGHTNER, Nancy and NAH, Fiona Fui-hoon.
Methodology and theory building in MIS research. (1998). Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Maryland, USA, 1998 August. 734-735.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9480
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