Qualitative Research in Information Systems: A Reader

PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH An Introduction to Qualitative Research in Information Systems - Michael D Myers and David E Avison Choosing Appropriate Information Systems Research Methodologies - Bob Galliers and Frank Land Power, Politics and MIS Implementation - M Lynne Markus PART TWO: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES Studying Information Technology in Organizations - Wanda Orlikowski and J J Baroudi Research Approaches and Assumptions The Case Research Strategy in Studies of Information Systems - Izak Benbasat, D K Goldstein and M Mead Interpretive Case Studies in IS Research - Geoff Walsham Nature and Method The Critical Social Theory Approach to Information Systems - Ojelanki Ngwenyama Problems and Challenges PART THREE: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS A Critical Perspective on Action Research as a Method for Information Systems Research - Richard Baskerville and Trevor Wood-Harper A Scientific Methodology for MIS Case Studies - A S Lee Scholarship and Practice - Lynda L Harvey and Michael D Myers The Contribution of Ethnographic Research Methods to Bridging the Gap CASE Tools Are Organizational Change - Wanda Orlikowski Investigating Incremental and Radical Changes in Systems Development PART FOUR: MODES OF ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING QUALITATIVE DATA Information System Use as an Hermeneutic Process - Richard J Boland Jr Symbolism and Information Systems Development - Rudy Hirschheim and Mike Newman Myth, Metaphor and Magic