IS8014
– Theory and Qualitative IS Research
Prof. Robert Davison: AC3-6247 Tel: 3442-7534 isrobert@cityu.edu.hk
Classes will be at 1400-1700 on Mondays (Room 14-282) |
Class # |
Date |
Title |
Slides |
Readings |
1 |
13 January |
Introduction | 1 | |
2 |
20 January |
Foundations of Theory Development | 2 |
1.
Alvesson, M., & Sandberg, J. (2011) Generating
Research Questions through Problematization, Academy of Management Review
36, 2, 247-271.
2.
Chatterjee, S. & Davison, R.M. (2021) Editorial: The Need for
Compelling Problematization in Research: The Prevalence of the Gap-Spotting
Approach and its Limitations, Information Systems Journal 31, 2,
227-230.
3.
Lee, A.S. & Baskerville, R.L. (2003)
Generalizing Generalizability in Information Systems Research, Information
Systems Research 14, 3, 221-243.
4.
Lee, A.S. & Baskerville, R.L. (2012)
Conceptualizing Generalizability: New Contributions and a Reply, MIS
Quarterly 36, 3, 749-761.
5.
Sutton, R.I., & Staw, B.M. (1995) What Theory
is Not, Administrative Science Quarterly 40, 3, 371-384.
6.
Tarafdar, M., Pullins, E,B. and Ragu-Nathan,
T.S. (2015) Technostress: Negative Effect on Performance and Possible
Mitigations, Information Systems Journal 25, 2, 103-132.
7.
Weick, K.E. (1995) What Theory is Not,
Theorizing Is, Administrative Science Quarterly 40, 3, 385-390.
8.
Whetten, D.A. (1989) What Constitutes A
Theoretical Contribution? Academy of Management Review 14, 4, 490-495. |
3 |
27 January |
Foundations of Qualitative Research | 3 |
1. Barley, S. R. (2006) When I Write My Masterpiece:
Thoughts on What Makes a Paper Interesting, Academy of Management Journal
49, 1, 16-20. 2. Bødker, M., Gimpel, G. and Hedman, J. (2014) Time-out/Time-in: The
Dynamics of Everyday Experiential Computing Devices, Information Systems
Journal, 24, 2, 143-166. 3. Davison, R.M., Wong, L.H.M., Ou, C.X.J. and Alter, S. (2021) The
Coordination of Workarounds: Insights from Responses to Misfits between Local
Realities and a Mandated Enterprise System, Information & Management 58,
8, 103530, 1-12. 4. Gioia, D. A., Corley, K. G., & Hamilton, A. L. (2013).
Seeking qualitative rigor in inductive research. Organizational Research
Methods, 16, 1, 15-31.
5. Malaurent, J. and Karanasios, S. (2019) Learning from
Workaround Practices: The Challenge of Enterprise System Implementations in
Multinational Corporations, Information Systems Journal 30, 4, 639-663. 6. Myers, M.D. and Newman, M. (2007) The qualitative
interview in IS research: Examining the craft, information & Organization 17,
1, 2-26. 7. Sarker, S., Xiao, X., Beaulieu, T. and Lee, A.S.
(2018) Learning from first-generation qualitative approaches in the IS
discipline: An evolutionary view and some implications for authors and
evaluators – Part I and Part II, Journal of the AIS 19, 8, 752-774 and
19, 9, 909-923. |
4 |
10 February |
Theory and Literature | 4 |
1. LePine, J.A. & King, A.W. (2010) Editors' Comments:
Developing Novel Theoretical Insight from Reviews of Existing Theory and
Research, Academy of Management Review 35, 4, 506-509. 2. Tarafdar, M., Cooper, C.L. and Stich, J.F. (2019) The
Technostress Trifecta: Techno Eustress, Techno Distress and Design:
Theoretical directions and an agenda for research, Information Systems
Journal 29, 1, 6-42. 3. Webster, J., & Watson, R.T. (2002) Analyzing the Past
to Prepare for the Future: Writing a Literature Review. MIS Quarterly
26, 2, xiii-xxiii.
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5 |
17 February |
Theory and Qualitative Data | 5 |
1. Davison, R.M., Wong, L.H.M., Ou, C.X.J. and Alter, S.
(2021) The Coordination of Workarounds: Insights from Responses to Misfits
between Local Realities and a Mandated Enterprise System, Information &
Management 58, 8, 103530, 1-12. 2. Meng, T., Ng, E. and Tan, B. (2022) Digital Attrition:
The Negative Implications of the Sharing Economy for the Digital Options of
Incumbent Firms, Information Systems Journal 32, 5, 1005-1033. |
6 | 24 February | Case Studies and Field Research | 6 |
1. Klein, H.K. and Myers, M.D. (2000) A Set of Principles for Conducting and
Evaluating Interpretive Field Research in Information Systems, MIS
Quarterly, 23, 1, 67-94. 2. Lee, A.S. (1989) A Scientific Methodology for MIS Case
Studies, MIS Quarterly 13, 1, 33-52. 3. Lee, A.S. and Dennis, A.R. (2012) A Hermeneutic
Interpretation of a Controlled Laboratory Experiment: A Case Study of
Decision-Making with a Group Support System, Information Systems Journal
22, 1, 3-27. 4. Pan, S.L. and Tan, B. (2011) Demystifying Case Research: A
Structured-Pragmatic-Situational (SPS) Approach to Conducting Case Studies,
Information & Organization 21, 3, 161-176. 5. Walsham, G. (1995) Interpretive Case Studies in IS Research: Nature and
Method, European Journal of Information Systems 4, 1, 74-81. |
7 | 3 March | Theory Building I | 7 |
1. Hassan, N.R., Lowry, P.B. and Mathiassen, L. (2022)
Useful products in information systems theorizing: A discursive formation
perspective, Journal of the AIS 23, 2, 418-446. 2. Leidner, D.E. and Tona, O. (2021) A thought-gear model
of theorizing from literature, Journal of the AIS 22, 4, 874-892. 3. Poole, M.S., & van de Ven, A.H. (1989) Using Paradox
to Build Management and Organization Theories, Academy of Management Review
14, 4, 562-578. 4. Rivard, S. (2014) The Ions of Theory Construction,
MIS Quarterly 38, 2, iii-xiii. 5. Tan, B.C.Y., Srinivasan, A. Lyytinen, K., and Grover,
V. (2008) Contributing to Rigorous and Forward Thinking Explanatory Theory,
Journal of the AIS 9, 2, 40-47. 6. Weber, R. (2003a) Editor's Comments: The Problem of
the Problem, MIS Quarterly 27, 1, iii-ix. 7. Weber, R. (2003b) Editor's Comments: Theoretically
Speaking, MIS Quarterly 27, 3, iii-xii. |
8 | 10 March | Action Research | 8 |
1. Davison, R.M., Martinsons, M.G. and Kock, N. (2004)
Principles of Canonical Action Research, Information Systems Journal
14, 1, 65-86. 2. Davison,
R.M., Martinsons, M.G., & Ou, C.X. (2012). The Roles of Theory in
Canonical Action Research. MIS Quarterly, 36, 3, 763-786. 3. Davison, R.M., Martinsons, M.G. and Malaurent, J.
(2021) Improving Action Research by Integrating Methods, Journal of the AIS
22, 3, 851-873. 4. Davison, R.M., Martinsons, M.G. and Wong, L.H.M.
(2022) The ethics of action research participation, Information Systems
Journal 32, 3, 573-594. 5. Henfridsson, O. and Lindgren, R. (2005)
Multi-Contextuality in Ubiquitous Computing: Investigating the Car Case
through Action Research, Information and Organization 15, 2, 95-124. 6. Iversen, J.H., Mathiassen, L. and Nielsen, P.A. (2004)
Managing Risk In Software Process Improvement: An Action Research Approach,
MIS Quarterly 28, 3, 395-433. 7. Kohli, R. and Kettinger, W.J. (2004) Informating The
Clan: Controlling Physicians' Costs And Outcomes, MIS Quarterly 28, 3,
363-394. 8. Malaurent, J., & Avison, D. (2015). Reconciling global
and local needs: A canonical action research project to deal with workarounds.
Information Systems Journal 26, 3, 227-257. 9. McKay, J., & Marshall, P. (2001). The dual imperatives
of action research. Information Technology & People 14(1), 46-59. 10. Wong, L.H.M. and Davison, R.M. (2018) Knowledge
Sharing in a Global Logistics Provider: An Action Research Project,
Information & Management 55, 5, 547-557. |
9 | 17 March | Theory Building II | 9 |
1. Locke, E.A. (2007) The Case for Inductive Theory
Building, Journal of Management 33, 6, 867-890. 2. Martinsons, M.G., Davison, R.M. and Ou, C.X.J. (2015)
Developing a New Theory of Knowledge Sharing: Documenting and Reflecting on a
Messy Process, 75th AoM Conference, Vancouver, August 7-11. 3. Davison, R.M., Ou, C.X.J. and Martinsons, M.G. (2013)
Information Technology to Support Informal Knowledge Sharing, Information
Systems Journal 23, 1, 89-109. 4. Gregory, R.W. and Henfridsson, O. (2021) Bridging Art
and Science: Phenomenon-Driven Theorizing, Journal of the AIS 22, 6,
1509-1523. |
10 | 24 March | Context and Theory | 10 |
1. Davison, R.M. and Diaz Andrade, A. (2018) Promoting
Indigenous Theory, Information Systems Journal 28, 5, 759-764. 2. Davison, R.M. and Martinsons, M.G. (2016) Context is
King! Considering Particularism in Research Design and Reporting, Journal
of Information Technology 31, 3, 241-249. 3. Davison, R.M., Ou, C.X.J. and Ng, E. (2020) Inadequate
Information Systems and Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Information &
Management 57, 6, 103240, 1-10. 4. Ou, C.X.J., Pavlou, P.A. and Davison, R.M. (2014)
Swift Guanxi in Online Marketplaces: The Role of
Computer-Mediated-Communication Technologies, MIS Quarterly 38, 1,
209-230. 5. Tsui, A.S. (2006) Contextualisation in Chinese
Management Research, Management and Organizational Review 2, 1, 1-13. 6. Xiao, X., Tan, B., Leong, C. and Tan, F.T.C. (2021)
Powered by “Qinghuai”: The melding of traditional values and digital
entrepreneurship in contemporary China, Information Systems Journal 31, 6,
769-802. 7. Zheng, W. and Davison, R.M. (2022) Hybrid social media
use and guanxi types: How do employees use social media in the Chinese
workplace? Information & Management 59, 103643, 1-15. |
11 | 31 March | Time and Theory | 11 |
1. Bluedorn, A. C., & Denhardt, R. B. 1988. Time and
organizations. Journal of Management, 14: 299-320. 2. Bluedorn, A. C., Kaufman, C. F., & Lane, P. M. 1992.
How many things do you like to do at once? An introduction to monochronic and
polychronic time. Academy of Management Executive, 6(4): 17-26. 3. Davison, R.M. and Tarafdar, M. (2018) Shifting
baselines may threaten our future relevance, Information Systems Journal
28, 4, 587-591. 4. George, J. M., & Jones, G. R. 2000. The role of time
in theory and theory building. Journal of Management, 26: 657- 684. 5. Gersick, C.J.G. (1991) Revolutionary Change Theories:
A Multilevel Exploration of the Punctuated Equilibrium Paradigm, Academy of
Management Review 16, 1, 10-36. 6. Maznevski, M.L. and Chudoba. K.M. (2000) Bridging
space over time: Global virtual team dynamics and effectiveness,
Organization Science 11, 5, 473-492. 7. Mitchell, T.R., & James, L.R. (2001) Building Better
Theory: Time and the Specification of When Things Happen, Academy of
Management Review 26, 4, 530-547. 8. Romanelli, E. and M.L. Tushman. (1994) Organizational
Transformation as Punctuated Equilibrium: An Empirical Test, Academy of
Management Journal 37, 5, 1141-1666. |
12 | 7 April | Native / Indigenous IS Theories | 12 |
1. Baskerville, R.L. and Myers, M.D. (2003) Information
systems as a reference discipline, MIS Quarterly 26, 1, 1-14. 2. Grover, V. and Lyytinen, K. (2015) New State of Play
in Information Systems Research: The Push to the Edges, MIS Quarterly
39, 2, 271-295. 3. Niederman, F., Gregor, S., Grover, V., Lyytinen, K. @
Saunders, C. (2008) Panel Report: IS has outgrown the need for reference
disciplines, or has it? Communications of the AIS 24, 3, 639-656. 4. Straub, D.W. (2012). Editor's Comments: Does MIS Have
Native Theories? MIS Quarterly 36, 2, iii-xii. 5. Tarafdar, M. & Davison, R.M. (2018) Research in
Information Systems: Intra-disciplinary and Inter-disciplinary Approaches,
Journal of the AIS 19, 6, 523-551. 6. Weber, R. (2012) Evaluating and Developing Theories in
the Information Systems Discipline, Journal of the AIS 13, 1,
1-30. |
13 | 14 April | Writing and Reviewing Theory and Qualitative IS Research | 13 |
1. Chatterjee, S. and Davison, R.M. (2021) Editorial:
The Need for Compelling Problematization in Research: The Prevalence of the
Gap-Spotting Approach and its Limitations, Information Systems
Journal 31, 2, 227-230. 2. Davison, R.M. (2015)
Editorial:
The Art of Constructive Reviewing, Information Systems
Journal 25, 5, 429-432. 3. Davison, R.M. (2018)
Editorial:
Researchers and the Stakeholder’s Perspective, Information
Systems Journal 28, 1, 1-5. 4. Davison, R.M., de Vreede, G.J. and Briggs, R.O. (2005)
On Peer Review Standards for the Information Systems Literature,
Communications of the AIS 16, 49, 967-980. 5. Davison, R.M. and Tarafdar, M. (2022) Do
Scholarly Journals Have Cultural Values? Information Systems
Journal 32, 5, 927-931. 6. Davison, R.M. (2019) Editorial:
For Whom Do We Write? Information Systems Journal 29, 3,
577-581. 7. Fulmer, I.S. (2012) Editor's Comments: The Craft of
Writing Theory Articles: Variety and Similarity in AMR, Academy of
Management Review 37, 3, 327-331. 8. Hardin, A., Schneider, C. and Davison, R.M. (2022)
Editorial: Established Theory Rejection, Information Systems Journal
32, 1, 1-4. 9. Techatassanasoontorn, A.A. and Davison, R.M. (2022) Editorial:
Scholarly Conversation through a Review Response Document, Information
Systems Journal 32, 4, 691-695. 10. Tarafdar, M. and Davison, R.M. (2020) Editorial:
The Art of Referencing, Information Systems Journal 30, 5,
787-790. 11. Young, A.G., Majchrzak, A. & Kane, G.C. (2021) Reflection on writing a theory paper: How to theorize for the future, Journal of the AIS 22, 5, 1212-1223. |
Last updated December 24th, 2024