The term theoretical lens has grown in usage in business and social science research and
particularly in the information systems (IS) discipline. In this paper, we question what the …

All research is philosophy in action. A lack of attention to and understanding of philosophy
can render research and its outcomes misleading or vacuous. Understanding philosophical …

Abstract Information Systems (IS) scholars repeatedly debate the nature of the IS discipline.
A series of articles have debated whether the IS field has become a reference discipline …

Papers published about the need for a theoretical core in the information systems (IS)
discipline can be characterized as either nature-of-the-discipline commentaries or logic-of …

There has been growing interest in theory building in Information Systems (IS) research. We
extend this literature by examining theory building perspectives. We define a perspective as …

This paper presents a simple concept map of the wide and diverse spectrum of information
system (IS) research approaches, focusing on helping researchers in having an overview of …

The development of the information systems (IS) literature in Management Science during
the past 50 years reflects the inception, growth, and maturation of several different research …

In recent years, our field has spent considerable time and effort debating its image and
proposing ways to enhance it. Much of this discussion has focused on defining the …

Researchers have emphasized theory's pivotal importance in the information systems (IS)
discipline since its inception. As in many science disciplines, IS scholars' ability to …

This paper suggests that there is too much emphasis on the requirement for theory use and
theory building in qualitative research published in our leading journals. We discuss six …