RIGOR AND RELEVANCE IN MIS RESEARCH: BEYOND THE APPROACH OF POSITIVISM ALONE.

Author List: Lee, Allen S.;

MIS Quarterly, 1999, Volume 23, Issue 1, Page 29-33.

This article presents a comment to a paper that examined the state of information science research. The author acknowledges that there is problem related to the relevance of information science research and suggests that the authors of the article took a positivist approach in forming their perspective on the issue. The author suggests that research in information science cannot follow that paths of medicine and law because those fields are professions and are therefore inherently different than the field of information science.

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#21	0.448	research information systems science field discipline researchers principles practice core methods area reference relevance conclude set focus propose perspective inquiry
#65	0.403	article information author discusses comments technology paper presents states explains editor's authors issue focuses topics include suggests systems role editorial
#141	0.106	information approach article mis presents doctoral dissertations analysis verification management requirements systems list needs including user requirement systematic observation structured