Literature

Methodological guidance:

• ALVESSON, M. & KÄRREMAN, D. (2007) Constructing mystery: Empirical matters in theory development. Academy of Management Review, 32, 1265-1281.
• ALVESSON, M. & SANDBERG, J. (2011) Generating research questions through problematization. Academy of Management Review, 36, 247-271.
• CARROLL, J. M. & SWATMAN, P. A. (2000) Structured-case: a methodological framework for building theory in information systems research. European Journal of Information Systems, 9, 235-242.
• CHEN, W. & HIRSCHHEIM, R. (2004) A paradigmatic and methodological examination of information systems research from 1991 to 2001. Information Systems Journal, 14, 197-235.
• GREGOR, S. (2006) The nature of theory in information systems. MIS Quarterly, 30, 611-642.
• KLEIN, H. & MYERS, M. (1999) A Set of Principles for Conducting and Evaluating Interpretive Field Studies in Information Systems. MIS Quarterly, 23, 67-93.
• LEE, A. S. & BASKERVILLE, R. L. (2003) Generalizing generalizability in information systems research. Information systems research, 14, 221-243.
• MCKAY, J. & MARSHALL, P. (2001) The dual imperatives of action research. Information Technology and People, 14, 46-59.
• MINGERS, J. (2001) Combining IS research methods: towards a pluralist methodology. Information systems research, 12, 240-259.
• MYERS, M. (1999) Investigating information systems with ethnographic research. Communications of the AIS, 2, 1.
• (MYERS, M. D. & AVISON, D. E. (Eds.) (2002) Qualitative Research in Information Systems: A Reader, London, Sage Publications.)
• NANDHAKUMAR, J. & JONES, M. (1997) Too close for comfort? Distance and engagement in interpretive information systems research. Information Systems Journal, 7, 109-131.
• ORLIKOWSKI, W. J. & BAROUDI, J. J. (1991) Studying information technology in organizations: Research approaches and assumptions. Information systems research, 2, 1-28.
• URQUHART, C., LEHMANN, H. & MYERS, M. D. (2010) Putting the ‘theory’ back into grounded theory: guidelines for grounded theory studies in information systems. Information systems journal, 20, 357-381.
• WALSHAM, G. (1995) Interpretive case studies in IS research: nature and method. European Journal of Information Systems, 4, 74-81.
• WALSHAM, G. (1995) The emergence of interpretivism in IS research. Information systems research, 6, 376-394

Example interpretive articles:

• LINDGREN, R., HENFRIDSSON, O. & SCHULTZE, U. (2004) Design principles for competence management systems: a synthesis of an action research study. MIS quarterly, 28, 435-472.
• ORLIKOWSKI, W. J. (1992) The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations. Organization Science, 3, 398-429.
• ROSE, J. & SCHLICHTER, B. R. (2013) Decoupling, Re-Engaging: Managing Trust Relationships in Implementation Projects. Information Systems Journal, 23, 5-33.
• SCHLICHTER, B. R. & ROSE, J. (2013) Trust Dynamics in a Large System Implementation: Six Theoretical Propositions. European Journal of Information Systems, 22, 455-474.
• SCHULTZE, U. (2000) A confessional account of an ethnography about knowledge work. MIS quarterly, 24, 3-41.

Example positivist article:

• VENKATESH, V., MORRIS, M. G., DAVIS, G. B. & DAVIS, F. D. (2003) User acceptance of information technology: Toward a unified view. MIS quarterly, 425-478.