EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS: ON THE RELEVANCE OF PRACTICE IN THINKING OF IS RESEARCH.

Author List: Lyytinen, Kalle;

MIS Quarterly, 1999, Volume 23, Issue 1, Page 25-27.

I found the article by Benbasat and Zmud both interesting and provocative. Because it is written by two leading North American information systems (IS) scholars--both former or current editor-in-chiefs of MISQ--the paper's call for a greater concern for relevance in our research should not be taken lightly. I think that the propositions Benbasat and Zmud suggest are welcome and help set up directions for future research procedures in IS. As a European scholar who has taught and done research on both sides of the Atlantic, I do not see all issues raised, however, in the same light. In this commentary I highlight some of these differences.

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