The Nature of Theory in Information Systems

By Shirley Gregor. MIS Q., 2006

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Subfields: Management Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science

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Theory of Workarounds (2014, background): “Volume 34 Article 55 1057 Before discussing the steps in the theory workarounds, it is worthwhile to mention this article’s stance in relation to past discussions of what constitutes a legitimate theory (e.g., Sutton and Staw,1995; Weick, 1995; Gregor, 2006; Weber, 2012).”
Action Design Research (2011, methodology): “To define what constitutes a theory, we use Gregor’s (2006) criterion of “the power to generalize.”
A Paradigmatic Analysis of Information Systems As a Design Science (2007, background): “an IT meta-artifact is not based on any sound kernel theory, one should not call it “design theory” (Gregor, 2006).”
Co-Creation: Toward a Taxonomy and an Integrated Research Perspective (2010, methodology): “Following the common usage, we consider taxonomy to be synonymous with classification (as does Gregor [43]).”
Why people keep coming back to Facebook: Explaining and predicting continuance participation from an extended theory of planned behaviour perspective (2013, background): “Although SNS have particularities (such as use on volunteering basis) not relevant to common organizational systems, design theory principles (see [28]) are also relevant to them as emerging and dynamic knowledge processes are the core of their existence.”
Social media for knowledge-sharing: A systematic literature review (2018, background): “Gregor (2006) has classified information system theories into four generic types, with consideration of strategies and central goals, including analysis, explanation, prediction and prescription.”
Designing for Digital Transformation: Lessons for Information Systems Research from the Study of ICT and Societal Challenges (2016, background): “Editing this special issue has reinforced our beliefs and those of others (e.g., Avgerous 2013; Gregor 2006; Grover et al 2008; Markus 2014; Rivard 2014; Weber 2012) that our field has problems with “theory” and needs to adopt a broader definition of what theory means.”
The “Physics” of Notations: Toward a Scientific Basis for Constructing Visual Notations in Software Engineering (2009, background): “These form a prescriptive theory for visual notations or, in Gregor’s [45] terminology, a theory for design and action (Type V) (Fig.”
Absorptive Capacity and Information Systems Research: Review, Synthesis, and Directions for Future Research (2012, background): “Although there are many extant definitions of theory (see Gregor 2006), in general a theory is “a statement of relations among concepts within a set of boundary assumptions and constraints” (Bacharach 1989, p. 496).”
Rules of Crowdsourcing: Models, Issues, and Systems of Control (2013, background): “In a situation such as this where little is known about the phenomenon in question, and where the boundaries between crowdsourcing and its context are not yet clear, the literature would beneﬁt greatly from what Gregor (2006) referred to as “taxonomic theory.””
Positioning and Presenting Design Science Research for Maximum Impact (2013, methodology): “A design theory, which is an abstract, coherent body of prescriptive knowledge that describes the principles of form and function, methods, and justificatory theory that are used to develop an artifact or accomplish some end (Gregor 2006; Gregor and Jones 2007).”
Towards Designing Cooperative and Social Conversational Agents for Customer Service (2017, methodology): “Overall, our research aims to contribute with a nascent design theory that gives explicit prescriptions for designing this class of artifacts (Gregor 2006; Gregor and Hevner 2013).”
The impact of the blockchain on the supply chain: a theory-based research framework and a call for action (2018, methodology): “Theories focusing on prediction create testable propositions but may lack justi ﬁ able causal explanations, while design and action research gives prescriptions for constructing artifacts (Gregor, 2006).”
Privacy in the Digital Age: A Review of Information Privacy Research in Information Systems (2011, background): “Contributions to Theory: Definitions (Adapted from Gregor 2006) Theory Type Definition Analyzing Describe the state of information privacy or the need for information privacy research.”