Critical Realism and IS Research: Some Methodological Implications

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Author(s): Philip J. Dobson (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 19
Source title: Research Methodologies, Innovations and Philosophies in Software Systems Engineering and Information Systems
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Manuel Mora (Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (UAA), Mexico), Ovsei Gelman (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico), Annette L. Steenkamp (Lawrence Technological University, USA)and Mahesh Raisinghani (University of Dallas, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0179-6.ch004

Keywords: Information Science Reference / IT Research & Theory / IT Research and Theory / Library & Information Science

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Critical realism is seeing more application within the Information Systems field, but its application is still limited. Applying critical realism has proven to be difficult, partly because critical realism provides little practical guidance as to methodological development and even less guidance as to the role of technology within its complex arguments. This chapter discusses some of the practical implications consequent from adopting critical realism in terms of philosophy, theory, and methodology.

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