Qualitative Research in IS: Issues and Trends / Edition 1

by Eileen Moore Trauth

Overview

This book addresses the need for materials that can help the IS researcher determine which qualitative methods are most appropriate for addressing their particular research questions. It draws upon the collective expertise of distinguished scholars to explore concrete issues they have encountered in the use of a particular qualitative methods. The details of specific research projects provide the backdrop for the discussion of methodological issues.

The audience for this book includes students, scholars and researchers. Anyone currently engaged in conducting IS research who would like to learn more about employing qualitative methods will be interested in Qualitative Research in IS: Issues and Trends to learn more about the latest issues and challenges facing IS researchers throughout the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781930708068
Publisher:	IGI Global
Publication date:	07/01/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	6.36(w) x 9.52(h) x 0.85(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	i
	Trends in the Choice of Qualitative Methods
Chapter 1.	The Choice of Qualitative Methods in IS Research	1
Chapter 2.	Mobius Transitions in the Dilemma of Legitimacy	20
	Issues for the is Researcher
Chapter 3.	Action Research: Helping Organizations to Change	46
Chapter 4.	Reflexive Ethnography in Information Systems Research	78
Chapter 5.	An Encounter with Grounded Theory: Tackling the Practical and Philosophical Issues	104
Chapter 6.	Doing Critical IS Research: The Question of Methodology	141
Chapter 7.	Analysis by Long Walk: Some Approaches to the Synthesis of Multiple Sources of Evidence	163
	Issues for the is Profession
Chapter 8.	Conducting Action Research: High Risk and High Reward in Theory and Practice	192
Chapter 9.	A Classification Scheme for Interpretive Research in Information Systems	218
Chapter 10.	Challenges to Qualitative Researchers in Information Systems	240
Chapter 11.	Choosing Qualitative Methods in IS Research: Lessons Learned	271
	About the Authors	289
	Index	295

Editorial Reviews

Trauth (Northeastern U., Boston, Massachusetts) has assembled 11 chapters that report on the authors' use of qualitative research in the field of information systems. The contributors are members of academic departments of information systems in the US, Germany, the UK, Australia, and Finland. They address issues associated with the choice of qualitative methods at the level of the IS profession, examining the professional risks of different methodologies, the trends of the field, the field of action research, a classification scheme for interpretive research, synthesizing multiple sources of evidence, and questions of legitimacy of M<:o>bius transitions. Professionals in information systems will be the book's audience. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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