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- Title
The mysterious case of the missing paradigm: a review of critical information systems research 1991–2001.
- Authors
Richardson, Helen; Robinson, Bruce
- Abstract
In this journal, Chen and Hirschheim have provided a historical analysis of positivist and interpretivist research paradigms and methodologies in the 10 years following the much cited work of Orlikowski and Baroudi. In this paper, we investigate the mysterious case of the missing paradigm – that of the critical approach to information systems (IS) research. We take Chen and Hirschheim’s survey as our starting point and aim to fill the gap left by the absence of the critical paradigm in their analysis and make some criticisms of their method. Recent years have seen the growth of IS research that consciously adopts a critical perspective. This paper charts the development of critical IS research over the period of 1991–2001, adding some comments on more recent developments. We conclude by critically reflecting on the current development of critical research in the field of IS.
- Subjects
INFORMATION resources management; SOCIAL informatics; INFORMATION technology; INFORMATION resources; MANAGEMENT information systems; COMPUTER systems
- Publication
Information Systems Journal, 2007, Vol 17, Issue 3, p251
- ISSN
1350-1917
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2575.2007.00230.x