Introduction –Leslie
Willcocks, Chris Sauer and Mary Lacity.- PART I. CRITICAL
RESEARCH.-Chapter 1: Doolin, B. (1998),
“Information technology as disciplinary technology: being critical in
interpretive research on information systems,” JIT, Vol. 13, pp. 301-311.- Chapter 2: Brooke, C. (2002),
“What does it mean to be ‘critical’ in IS research?” JIT, Vol. 17, pp. 49-57.- Chapter 3: Brook, C. (2002),
“Critical perspectives on information systems; an impression of the research
landscape,” JIT, Vol. 17, pp.
271-283.- Chapter 4: Doolin, B. and Lowe,
A. (2002), “To reveal is to critique: actor-network theory and critical
information systems research,” JIT,
Vol. 17, 69-78-. Chapter 5: Cecez-Kecmanovic,
D., Janson, M., and Brown, A. (2002), “The rationality framework for a critical
study of information systems, JIT,
Vol. 17, pp. 215-227.- PART II. GROUNDED THEORY
APPROACHES.-Chapter 6: Urquhart, C. and
Fernandez, W. (2013), “Using grounded theory method in information systems: the
researcher as blank slate and other myths,” JIT,
Vol. 28, pp. 224–236.- Chapter 7: Seidel, S., and
Urquhart, C. (2013), “On emergence and forcing in information systems grounded
theory studies: the case of Strauss and Corbin,” JIT, Vol. 28, pp. 237-260.- PART III. HISTORICAL
APPROACHES.-Chapter 8: Land, F. (2010),
“The use of history in IS research: an opportunity missed?” JIT, Vol. 25, pp. 385-394.- Chapter 9: Mitev, N., de
Vaujany, F.X. (2012), “Seizing the opportunity: towards a historiography of
information systems,” JIT, Vol. 27,
pp. 110-124-. Chapter 10: Bonner, W. (2013),
“History and IS – Broadening our view and understanding: Actor–Network Theory
as a methodology,” JIT, Vol. 28, pp.
111–123.
Leslie
P. Willcocks is Professor of Technology, Work, and Globalization at the
Department of Management at London School of Economics, UK.
Chris
Sauer is a Senior Tutor at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK and
an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School, UK.
Mary C. Lacity is Curators' Professor of Information Systems and an International
Business Fellow at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, US.
This
edited three volume edition brings together significant papers previously
published in the Journal of information Technology (JIT) over its 30 year
publication history. The three volumes of Enacting
Research Methods in Information Systems celebrate the methodological
pluralism used to advance our understanding of information technology's role in
the world today. In addition to quantitative methods from the positivist
tradition, JIT also values methodological articles from critical research perspectives,
interpretive traditions, historical perspectives, grounded theory, and action
research and design science approaches.
Volume
1 covers Critical Research, Grounded Theory, and Historical Approaches. Volume
2 deals with Interpretive Approaches and also explores Action Research. Volume
3 focuses on Design Science Approaches and discusses Alternative Approaches including
Semiotics Research, Complexity Theory and Gender in IS Research.
The
Journal of Information Technology (JIT) was started in 1986 by Professors Frank
Land and Igor Aleksander with the aim of bringing technology and management
together and bridging the ‘great divide’ between the two disciplines. The
Journal was created with the vision of making the impact of complex
interactions and developments in technology more accessible to a wider
audience. Retaining this initial focus, the JIT has gone on to extend into new
and innovative areas of research such as the launch of JITTC in 2010. A high
impact journal, JIT shall continue to publish leading trends based on
significant research in the field.