Information Technology & People: Volume 12 Issue 2

Category:

Information and Knowledge Management

Table of contents

Social control in information systems development

Andreas I. Nicolaou

Examines sources of control over information system development decisions. Although past research has examined sources of internal organizational control that were solely…

Toward a framework for action research in information systems studies

Francis Lau

Based on recent reviews regarding its use in information systems (IS) studies, this paper argues that action research is still not well recognized by IS researchers and…

The fiction of methodological development: a field study of information systems development

Joe Nandhakumar, David E. Avison

This paper describes the findings of a field study that explores the process of information systems (IS) development in a large organization. The paper argues that…

More on myth, magic and metaphor: Cultural insights into the management of information technology in organizations

Michelle Lynn Kaarst‐Brown, Daniel Robey

Much research on information technology (IT) emphasizes the rational aspects of IT use. However, cultural analyses have considered IT as a symbolic artifact open to social…

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ISSN:

0959-3845

Online date, start – end:

1990

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Prof Edgar Whitley
  • Prof Kevin Crowston
  • Prof Yulin Fang
  • Prof Jyoti Choudrie