Understanding Computer-Mediated Discussions: Positivist and Interpretive Analyses of Group Support System Use

Conducting and Evaluating Critical Interpretive Research: Examining Criteria as a Key Component in Building a Research Tradition

“…Several IS researchers have relied on some of Klein and Myers' principles to validate their qualitative research. Davidson (2002), Gallivan (2001), Hanseth et al (2001), Henfridson and Holmstrom (2002), and Trauth and Jessup (2000) are some examples. Because their set of principles applies mostly to hermeneutics and not all interpretive studies follow a hermeneutical philosophical base, Klein and Myers recommend that other IS authors, representing other forms of interpretivism, suggest additional principles.…”

“…For instance, Gopal and Prasad (2000) propose a set of criteria particularly adapted for evaluating symbolic interactionist work, arguing that this research differs from other social constructionist genres, notably hermeneutics and ethnography. A number of IS interpretive researchers-like Davidson (2002), Schultze (2000, Trauth and Jessup (2000), and Walsham and Sahay (1999)-have used Golden-Biddle and Locke's three criteria for ethnographic writing (which does not exclude hermeneutics), as the basis for evaluating their research.…”

Information Systems in Organizations and Society: Speculating on the Next 25 Years of Research

“…We speculate that this might lead to alternative conceptualizations of IS and their effects (such as what Trauth and Jessup [2000] did regarding group decision support systems). A critical theory of IS will also provide a means to explore both large-scale innovations (such as ICT infrastructure studies) and small-scale deployments (such as work group and organizational implementations).…”

Focus groups and critical social IS research: how the choice of method can promote emancipation of respondents and researchers

“…IS researchers have embraced the critical approach as a viable and adequate alternative to study IT problems (e.g., (Orlikowski and Baroudi 1991;Trauth and Jessup 2000;Richardson and Robinson 2007;Stahl and Brooke 2008). The critical approach allows for a departure of the purely descriptive approaches commonly used in IS.…”