In the past decade, the study of emotions in information systems research has gained prominence and has allowed the field itself to expand its horizon while delving into other disciplines. The idea behind decoding the human behavior promotes the need to understand the complex nature of human emotions and makes it especially relevant as an element for information systems research. In addition, t...

Although DeLone-McLean and others insist that system usage is a key variable in information systems research, the system usage construct has received little theoretical scrutiny, has no accepted definition, and is measured by a diverse set of measures. In this article, we present a systematic approach for reconceptualizing the system usage construct. Comprised of two stages, definition and sele...

In Information Systems research there are a growing number of studies that must necessarily draw upon the contexts, experiences and narratives of practitioners. This calls for research approaches that are qualitative and may also be interpretive. These may include case studies or action research projects. For some researchers, particularly those with limited experience of interpretive qualitati...

Mixed-methods research, which comprises both quantitative and qualitative components, is widely perceived as a means to resolve the inherent limitations of traditional single method designs and is thus expected to yield richer and more holistic findings. Despite such distinctive benefits and continuous advocacy from Information Systems (IS) researchers, the use of mixed-methods approaches in th...

The healthcare sector is a crucial and socially challenging component of modern economies. Information systems (IS) research could contribute to the effective development, application and use of information technologies to manage and coordinate health services. Healthcare also provides opportunities to develop or refine IS theory because of its unique institutional context. To profile IS resear...

Despite the call for pluralism in IS research there is a lack of multi-method research published in information systems journals. While many researchers might find the idea of using multiple methods attractive, there are barriers that prevent them from employing this approach in practice. In this paper we try to address key philosophical concerns that often deter more extensive use of multiple ...

Although technology-enabled task performance has been a long-standing outcome of interest in information systems research, existing studies primarily emphasize characteristics of the technology and task, rather than the user, in shaping performance outcomes. Given that both technology and people have inherent limitations, a worthwhile research pursuit is to examine how one might compensate for ...

The abstract is: Qualitative research is just as able as quantitative research to follow certain fundamental principles of logic in general and scientific reasoning in particular. Two such principles are the logic of modus ponens and the logic of modus tollens. In this essay, we frame different research approaches – positivist research, interpretive research, action research, and design researc...

Information systems research has focused extensively on the factors that foster adoption and usage. This research has focused on overall beliefs about system usage, antecedents of system satisfaction, and other factors that facilitate system success, create positive attitudes, and encourage usage. However, little attention has been given to what inhibits usage. The inhibitors of usage are impli...

Although the number of multilingual qualitative research studies appears to be growing, investigations concerned with methodological issues arising from the use of several languages within a single research are still very scarce. Most of these seem to deal exclusively with issues related to the use of interpreters and translators in qualitative research (e.g., Temple & Edwards, 2002; Temple, Ed...