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Social constructionism with a twist of pragmatism: a suitable cocktail for information systems research
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 03:31 authored by Marshall, PH, Jo-Anne KelderJo-Anne Kelder, Perry, AThe Information Systems discipline is concerned with the identification, planning, development, implementation and management of information systems in organisations. Thus, it is in organisations that the events, happenings and stories of information systems are played out. Given this, the perspective that Information Systems researchers have of organisational reality is most important. This viewpoint affects and impacts upon researchers’ practice, from the identification and choice of the research question, right through the analysis of data to the writing up of the research. This paper explores a particular theoretical perspective on organisational reality. Social constructionism augmented by pragmatism, is described and explored in the paper, and the implications for research Information Systems are considered. It is argued in the paper that this theoretical orientation is particularly helpful in planning, conceptualising and executing relevant and practical research in the Information Systems discipline.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2005)Editors
Bruce Campbell & et alPagination
EJISBN
0-9758417-0-XDepartment/School
School of Information and Communication TechnologyPublisher
Australasian Chapter of the Association for Information SystemsPlace of publication
Sydney, AustraliaEvent title
ACISEvent Venue
Sydney, AustraliaDate of Event (Start Date)
2005-11-30Date of Event (End Date)
2005-12-02Rights statement
Copyright 2005 Peter Marshall, Jo-Anne Kelder and Andrew PerryRepository Status
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