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Henfridsson, Ola (2014) The power of an intellectual account : developing stories of the digital age. Journal of Information Technology, 29 (4). pp. 356-357. doi:10.1057/jit.2014.18 ISSN 0268-3962.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jit.2014.18
Abstract
Developing compelling stories is perhaps the most important mission of the qualitative information systems researcher. Indeed, our discipline ‘has a powerful story to tell about the transformational impact of information technology’ (Agarwal and Lucas, 2005: 381), and I am sure that we all feel that we would like to contribute. A powerful story can inform and explain. A powerful story can guide, intervene, and come with policy implications. However, most importantly, it may inspire us to take action, whether it is within the realm of knowledge, the realm of practice, or at the intersection between the two.
How can stories of the digital age be developed? Even though there is no silver bullet, I offer some thoughts below as a comment to David Avison and Julien Malaurent’s thought-provoking piece on information systems and its suggested ‘theory fetish’.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) | ||||
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): | Information storage and retrieval systems -- Research | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Information Technology | ||||
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0268-3962 | ||||
Official Date: | 16 September 2014 | ||||
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Volume: | 29 | ||||
Number: | 4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 356-357 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1057/jit.2014.18 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 February 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 February 2016 | ||||
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