Information systems research : contemporary approaches & emergent traditions : proceedings of the IFIP TC8/WG 8.2 Working Conference on the Information Systems Research Arena of the 90's Challenges, Perceptions, and Alternative Approaches : Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-16 December 1990

A Pluralist Perspective of the Information Systems Research Arena (H.K. Klein, H.-E. Nissen, R. Hirschheim). Opening Address: Information Systems Research - Leaking Craft or Visionary Vehicle (E. Mumford). Keynote address: Relevance and Rigour in Information Systems Research (P. Keen). Rigour in Information Systems Research (B. Curtis, R.R. Cooper, J. Elam, S.L. Jarvenpaa, H. Krasner, T. Mukhopadhyay, D. Straub, D.B. Walz). Qualitative Data in Information Systems Research (C. Banville, L.J. Davies, B. O'Connor, G. Sandstrom, E.M. Trauth). Grounded Theory (G. Ariav, L.J.Calloway, S.E. Little, K. Toraskar). Alternative Views of Quality in Information Systems Research (J.S. Achterberg, G. van Es, M.S. Heng, S. Jablonsky, O.K. Ngwenyama, J.L. Olaisen). Combining Different Approaches (S.A. Conger, R.D. Galliers, S. Smithson, S. Visala, J.L. Wynekoop). Action Research (P. Checkland, S. Jonsson). Co-operative Design (J. Greenbaum, P. Jarvinen, M. Kyng). Interpretative Approaches (R.J. Boland, J. Low, E.J. Rathswohl). A Semiotic Approach (P.B. Andersen, R. Stamper). Activity Theory (S. Bodker, K. Kuutti, D. Truex). Learning from Theoretical Frames of Reference (D.L. Clapper, N. Jayaratna, B. Kaplan, A.S. Lee, E.R. McLean). Bias in Information Systems Design (R.L. Baskerville, G. Fitzgerald, D.K. Goldstein, P.J. Guinan, S. Lee, R.W. Zmud). Panels (B.C. Glasson, J.A. Turner). Closing Thoughts (E. Mumford).