TY - GEN
T1 - Grounded theory method practices in information systems research
AU - Martins, Jorge Tiago
AU - Nunes, Miguel Baptista
AU - Zhou, Lihong
AU - Alajamy, Maram
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - A growing number of Information Systems (IS) research is drawing upon Grounded Theory (GT), as an inductive research methodology particularly suited to the development of theory that is grounded in systematically collected and analysed data. Nevertheless, GT is still an underutilised methodology in IS and several scholars critique the scarcity of theories developed specifically to account for IS phenomena. This paper makes a contribution to IS research through providing an overview of GT's application in the field, an outline of the method's modus operandi, and a case-based discussion of its use in three different IS research projects in the fields of medical knowledge sharing, IS strategic planning in academic libraries, and E-Learning adoption. As the potential of GT for IS research remains to be maximized, the objective of this paper is to counter the lack of explicit and well-informed use of GT in this discipline, whilst sharing lessons learned from the use of the method in context-dependent interpretive studies.
AB - A growing number of Information Systems (IS) research is drawing upon Grounded Theory (GT), as an inductive research methodology particularly suited to the development of theory that is grounded in systematically collected and analysed data. Nevertheless, GT is still an underutilised methodology in IS and several scholars critique the scarcity of theories developed specifically to account for IS phenomena. This paper makes a contribution to IS research through providing an overview of GT's application in the field, an outline of the method's modus operandi, and a case-based discussion of its use in three different IS research projects in the fields of medical knowledge sharing, IS strategic planning in academic libraries, and E-Learning adoption. As the potential of GT for IS research remains to be maximized, the objective of this paper is to counter the lack of explicit and well-informed use of GT in this discipline, whilst sharing lessons learned from the use of the method in context-dependent interpretive studies.
KW - E-Learning adoption
KW - Grounded theory
KW - Inductive research
KW - Information systems
KW - Information systems strategic planning
KW - Medical knowledge sharing
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M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:84865254443
SN - 9789728939540
T3 - Proceedings of the IADIS International Workshop Information Systems Research Trends, Approaches and Methodologies, ISRTAM 2011, Part of the IADIS, MCCSIS 2011
SP - 10
EP - 22
BT - Proceedings of the IADIS International Workshop Information Systems Research Trends, Approaches and Methodologies, ISRTAM 2011, Part of the IADIS, MCCSIS 2011
T2 - IADIS International Workshop Information Systems Research Trends, Approaches and Methodologies, ISRTAM 2011, Part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2011, MCCSIS 2011
Y2 - 20 July 2011 through 20 July 2011
ER -