Artefactual and empirical contributions in information systems research

Ågerfalk, Pär J.; Karlsson, Fredrik

doi:10.1080/0960085x.2020.1743051

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“…The contributions of the U-CARE project are evidenced by their impacts on both practice and research realized through the development of an innovative software and support environment for the provision and study of online psychosocial support. That is, we provide both technological and theoretical contributions (Baskerville et al, 2018;Ågerfalk and Karlsson, 2020). In doing so, we directly address the DSR "gulf [that] exists between theoretical propositions and concrete issues faced in practice" (Lukyanenko & Parsons, 2020, p. 1343.…”

Section: U-care: An Online System For Psychological Carementioning

confidence: 99%

“…A fundamental premise of design science research (DSR) in the field of information systems is to allow for the publication of novel IT artifacts as bona fide research contributions (Hevner et al, 2004;Ågerfalk, 2014;Ågerfalk & Karlsson, 2020). U-CARE is an ongoing multidisciplinary research program, including DSR-based information systems research (Hevner, 2007;Gregor & Hevner, 2013).…”

Section: The U-care Research Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As such, it is not necessarily a design theory in the Gregor and Jones (2007) sense but closer to what Iivari (2020) calls design knowledge as the result of formalized learning in a design research process (Sein et al, 2011). To be considered practical, a theoretical DSR contribution must relate to a specific technological/artifactual contribution (Baskerville et al, 2018;Ågerfalk & Karlsson, 2020). Thus, our theory development approach does not aim for deductively validated hypotheses but for theoretically and empirically justified propositions: kernel theory ↔ multi-grounded practical design theory ↔ artifact (and its application).…”

Section: Appendix Amentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Design of a System for Online Psychosocial Care: Balancing Privacy and Accountability in Sensitive Online Healthcare Environments

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Ågerfalk²,

Hevner³

2022

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The design of sensitive online healthcare systems must balance the requirements of privacy and accountability for the good of individuals, organizations, and society. Via a design science research approach, we build and evaluate a sophisticated software system for the online provision of psychosocial healthcare to distributed and vulnerable populations. Multidisciplinary research capabilities are embedded within the system to investigate the effectiveness of online treatment protocols. Throughout the development cycles of the system, we build an emergent design theory of scrutiny that applies a multi-layer protocol to support governance of privacy and accountability in sensitive online applications. The design goal is to balance stakeholder privacy protections with the need to provide for accountable interventions in critical and well-defined care situations. The research implications for the development and governance of online applications in numerous privacy-sensitive application areas are explored

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Section: U-care: An Online System For Psychological Carementioning

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Section: The U-care Research Projectmentioning

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The Design of a System for Online Psychosocial Care: Balancing Privacy and Accountability in Sensitive Online Healthcare Environments

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Ågerfalk²,

Hevner³

2022

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“…You need a bit of bothso do not ignore either completelybut the bulk of the paper can place emphasis on whichever you think is strongest. • The manuscript needs to have some knowledge contributiontheoretical, empirical or artefactual (Ågerfalk & Karlsson, 2020).…”

Section: The Pandemics Special Communicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%