The aim of the study was to understand the intention to exercise of individuals who suffer from CHD. A group of 161 cardiac patients completed a questionnaire that investigated intentions, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived barriers, habits, perceived difficulties, and personal normative beliefs with respect to exercising, as well as perceived severity of and perceived vulnerability to re‐infarction. Regression of intention yielded an R2 of .41 (p < .0001), with perceived barriers, habits, and perceived difficulties as the significant predictors. MANOVA indicated that high and low intenders differed (p < .01) according to their perception of three barriers: difficulties in time management, difficulties in psychological adaptation, and laziness. These results suggest that new guidelines should be adopted for the development of cardiac rehabilitation exercise programs.

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Institutional Ethnography (IE) offers a new theoretical perspective to guide inquiry within the information systems field. IE begins with a problematic -a disjuncture-that asks how some particular corner of the world is organized and answers this question through ethnographic techniques to explore the lived experience of the people at the core of the research. From this standpoint, institutional ethnographers map out how this experience is textually mediated and coordinated (organized) within a complex web of institutions and others.We reinterpret the findings from two research studies to demonstrate how an IE lens facilitates asking new questions and contributes new understandings around fundamental IS topics. We offer a discussion of the merits of this approach and conclude with some recommendations for how researchers can leverage IE in their own work.