The Nature of Theory in Information Systems
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Summary
The essay addresses issues of causality, explanation, prediction, and generalization that underlie an understanding of theory, and suggests that the type of theory under development can influence the choice of an epistemological approach.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2006-09-01
- Cited by
- 3,589
- References
- 166
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W2151020819
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:1976177
Keywords
Information system, Knowledge management, Business, Computer science, Engineering
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