The Emergence of Interpretivism in IS Research.

Author List: Walsham, Geoff;

Information Systems Research, 1995, Volume 6, Issue 4, Page 376-394.

This paper investigates aspects of the history and current state of interpretivism in IS research. The emergence of interpretivism is explored through the identification of a network of IS researchers working in the interpretive tradition, through an examination of the role of mainstream and alternative IS journals, and through an analysis of the rhetoric used to support interpretive claims. The paper contributes to analysis of the development of the IS field as a whole, and provides some conceptual ideas and a reference point for further work in this relatively neglected area of research.

Keywords: interpretivism;construction of IS field;IS journals;rhetorical analysis

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