XI Time and Theory Time and Theory Students 5 In todays class I invite students to lead a discussion about the nature of time as it applies to theory What is time How do you think about time ID: 1007064
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1. IS8014Theory & Qualitative IS ResearchXI: Time and Theory
2. Time and Theory – Students 5In today’s class, I invite students to lead a discussion about the nature of time as it applies to theoryWhat is time? How do you think about time?What is the role of time in cause-effect relationships and how should theory take time into consideration?What is the impact of time on the way groups of people work (with technology) and what are the implications of time for theorising?What happens when time is interrupted or punctuated, from a theoretical perspective?How can we theorise time more directly? What are the challenges of doing so?
3. Readings for Next WeekBaskerville, R.L. and Myers, M.D. (2003) Information systems as a reference discipline, MIS Quarterly 26, 1, 1-14.Grover, V. and Lyytinen, K. (2015) New State of Play in Information Systems Research: The Push to the Edges, MIS Quarterly 39, 2, 271-295.Niederman, F., Gregor, S., Grover, V., Lyytinen, K. @ Saunders, C. (2008) Panel Report: IS has outgrown the need for reference disciplines, or has it? Communications of the AIS 24, 3, 639-656.Straub, D.W. (2012). Editor's Comments: Does MIS Have Native Theories? MIS Quarterly 36, 2, iii-xii.Tarafdar, M. & Davison, R.M. (2018) Research in Information Systems: Intra-disciplinary and Inter-disciplinary Approaches, Journal of the AIS 19, 6, 523-551.Weber, R. (2012) Evaluating and Developing Theories in the Information Systems Discipline, Journal of the AIS 13, 1, 1-30.
4. Guiding Questions for Next WeekWhy are we so dependent on reference disciplines for theory?What is a native theory? Examples of native IS theories: TAM, MST, TTF, ISSM, Technostress, AST, VSPTWhat are the challenges and consequences of developing native IS theories?What are the challenges and consequences of not developing native IS theories?