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Zhang, Zhewei, Lee, Habin, Yoo, Youngjin and Choi, Youngseok (2022) Theorizing routines with computational sequence analysis : a critical realism framework. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 23 (2). pp. 589-630. doi:10.17705/1jais.00734
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.17705/1jais.00734
Abstract
We develop a methodological framework to develop process theories on routines by leveraging large volumes of digital trace data following critical realism principles. Our framework begins with collecting and preprocessing digital trace data, corresponding to the empirically observed experience of critical realism. In the second and third steps of the framework, we identify a finite set of similar repetitive patterns (routines) through computational analysis. We accomplish this by combining frequent subsequence mining and clustering analysis to transform empirical observation into a set of routines that correspond to actual happening in critical realism. Then, we employ a retroduction approach to identify generative mechanisms of the routines. In the final step, we validate the generative mechanisms by evaluating proposed processual explanations and/or eliminating alternatives. We provide an illustrative example of developing a process theory in relation to the collaboration pattern in Wikipedia.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Information Systems & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Process philosophy, Process mining , Management Science, Critical realism , Social sciences -- Methodology | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of the Association for Information Systems | ||||||
| Publisher: | Association of Information Systems | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1536-9323 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 3 March 2022 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 23 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 589-630 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.17705/1jais.00734 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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