Overview
- The first of three volumes that aim to enhance theorizing in the field of information systems, the academic field so relevant to this era of the hyper-connected society, disruptive technologies, big data, social media, “fake news” and the weaponization of information
- Brings together internationally acclaimed experts towards reaching an agreement with regard to theories in information systems, why we need theories, how to develop theories and what native information systems theories look like
- Intended to advance IS research beyond borrowed legitimization and derivative research towards fresh and original research
Part of the book series: Technology, Work and Globalization (TWG)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The information systems (IS) field represents a multidisciplinary area that links the rapidly changing technology of information (or communications and information technology, ICT) to the business and social environment. Despite the potential that the IS field has to develop its own native theories to address current issues involving ICT it has consistently borrowed theories from its “reference disciplines,” often uncritically, to legitimize its research. This volume is the first of a series intended to advance IS research beyond this form of borrowed legitimization and derivative research towards fresh and original research that naturally comes from its own theories. It is inconceivable for a field so relevant to the era of the hyper-connected society, disruptive technologies, big data, social media, "fake news" and the weaponization of information to not be brimming with its own theories.
The first step in reaching the goal of developing native IS theories is to reachan agreement on the need for theory (its rationale) and its role as the most distinctive product of human intellectual activity. This volume addresses what theories are, why bother with theories and the process of theorizing itself because the process of developing theories cannot be divorced from the product of that process. It will lay out a research agenda for decades to come and will be invaluable reading for any academic in the IS field and related disciplines concerned with information, systems, technology and their management.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Leslie Willcocks is Professor of Work, Technology and Globalisation, Department of Management, London School of Economics, UK. His research areas include automation, digital business, the future of work, IT and business process outsourcing, organisational change, management, and global strategy. As well as being a professor in the Information Systems and Innovation Faculty Group, he is a Fellow of the British Computer Society. For the last 30 years he has been Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology. He is co-author of 69 books, including mostrecently Robotic Process and Cognitive Automation: The Next Phase, Dynamic Innovation Through Outsourcing Service Automation Robots and The Future of Work (2016, www.sbpublishing.org) and Global Business: Strategy In Context (2021). He has published over 240 refereed papers in journals such as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, MIS Quarterly, MISQ Executive and Journal of Management Studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advancing Information Systems Theories
Book Subtitle: Rationale and Processes
Editors: Nik Rushdi Hassan, Leslie P. Willcocks
Series Title: Technology, Work and Globalization
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64884-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64883-1Published: 22 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64886-2Published: 22 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-64884-8Published: 21 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2730-6623
Series E-ISSN: 2730-6631
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 452
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations
Topics: Business Information Systems, Enterprise Architecture, Big Data/Analytics, Business Strategy/Leadership