Advancing Information Systems Theories - Rationale and Processes (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Technology, Work and Globalization
Release date:	March 2022
First published:	2021
Editors:	Nik Rushdi Hassan • Leslie P. Willcocks
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	452
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-064886-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business strategy Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business mathematics & systems > General
LSN:	3-03-064886-9
Barcode:	9783030648862

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