Developing a Critical Realist Positional Approach to Intersectionality

EMANCIPATION: Elements of a Critical Realist Approach

Developing Information Systems Design Knowledge: A Critical Realist Perspective

Academic Information Systems (IS) research has a serious utilization and relevance problem. To increase IS research utilization and relevance, scholars argue that the mainstream IS research, which is based on the behavioral science paradigm, should be complemented with research based on the design science paradigm. The current IS design science frameworks have a strong focus on the IT artefact,...

A Critical Realist Commentary

The case for “analytical dualism” as a means of approaching sociotechnical action is presented as an alternative to accounts which tend to conflate agency, structure, and technology. This is based on the work of Margaret Archer, whose work is in turn located in the traditions of critical realism. Her commitment to analytical dualism, which stresses both the importance of time in analysis and th...

Capturing reflexivity modes in IS: A critical realist approach

Critical realism is a subject of growing interest in the IS literature. This article aims at implementing a critical realist framework: Margaret Archer's (2003) internal conversation theory. As a contemporary sociologist, Archer suggests both a general vision of social practice and a typology of reflexivity modes. Her multilayered framework could be extremely useful in overcoming a current limi...

Advancing Information Systems Evaluation (Research): A Critical Realist Approach

The aim of Information Systems (IS) evaluation research is to produce ever more detailed answers to the question of why an IS initiative works (better) for whom and in what circumstances. This paper presents an alternative to traditional IS evaluation research approaches. The alternative, realistic IS evaluation research, is based on the philosophy of critical realism. Realistic IS evaluation r...