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Social constructionism with a twist of pragmatism: a suitable cocktail for information systems research
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Marshall, PH and Kelder, JC and Perry, A, Social constructionism with a twist of pragmatism: a suitable cocktail for information systems research, Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2005), 30 November - 2 December 2005, Sydney, Australia EJ ISBN 0-9758417-0-X (2005) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Copyright 2005 Peter Marshall, Jo-Anne Kelder and Andrew Perry
Official URL: http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2005/81/
Abstract
The 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.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Keywords: | social constructionism, pragmatism, research philosophy |
Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
Research Group: | Information systems |
Research Field: | Information systems not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Economic Framework |
Objective Group: | Management and productivity |
Objective Field: | Management and productivity not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Marshall, PH (Professor Peter Marshall) |
UTAS Author: | Kelder, JC (Dr Jo-Anne Kelder) |
UTAS Author: | Perry, A (Mr Andrew Perry) |
ID Code: | 38991 |
Year Published: | 2005 |
Deposited By: | Information Systems |
Deposited On: | 2005-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2013-09-09 |
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