Readings
January - Aron Lindberg: Combining Qualitative and Computational Methods for Theory Construction
Presentation slides: Link
Lindberg, A. 2020. “Developing Theory through Integrating Human & Machine Pattern Recognition,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems (21:1), pp. 90–116.
Lindberg, A. 2023. “Analysis Chaining: Conceptual and Empirical Framing of Digital Traces,” in Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for Information Systems, R. Davison (ed.), pp. 360–375.
Gaskin, J., Berente, N., Lyytinen, K., and Yoo, Y. 2014. “Toward Generalizable Sociomaterial Inquiry: A Computational Approach for Zooming In and Out of Sociomaterial Routines,” MIS Quarterly (38:3), pp. 849–871.
Markus, M. L., and Rowe, F. 2018. “Is IT Changing the World? Conceptions of Causality for Information Systems Theorizing,” Management Information Systems Quarterly (42:4), pp. 1255–1280. (https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2018/12903).
Davis, M. S. 1971. “That’s Interesting!: Towards a Phenomenology of Sociology and a Sociology of Phenomenology,” Philosophy of the Social Sciences (1:2), pp. 309–344. (https://doi.org/10.1177/004839317100100211).
Grover, V., Lindberg, A., Benbasat, I., Lyytinen, K., Banbasat, I., and Lyytinen, K. 2020. “The Perils and Promises of Big Data Research in Information Systems,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems (21:2), pp. 268–291.
Some example papers combining qualitative and computational methods:
Rivard, S., and Lapointe, L. 2012. “INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTERS’ RESPONSES TO USER RESISTANCE: NATURE AND EFFECTS,” MIS Quarterly (36:3), pp. 897–920.
Howison, J., and Crowston, K. 2014. “Collaboration Through Open Superposition: A Theory of the Open Source Way,” MIS Quarterly (38:1), pp. 29–50.
Marino, A., Aversa, P., Mesquita, L., and Anand, J. 2015. “Driving Performance via Exploration in Changing Environments: Evidence from Formula One Racing,” Organization Science (26:4), pp. 1079–1100.
Lindberg, Berente, Howison, and Lyytinen (Forthcoming), Discursive Modulation in Open Source Software: How Communities Shape Novelty and Complexity, MIS Quarterly
Lindberg, Schecter, Berente, Lyytinen, and Hennel (Forthcoming), The Entrainment of Task Allocation and Release Cycles in Open Source Software Development, MIS Quarterly
Lindberg, A., Majchrzak, A., and Malhotra, A. 2022. “How Information Shared After an Idea May Shape New High-Quality Ideas in Online Ideation Contests,” MIS Quarterly (46:2), pp. 1195–2022. (https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2022/15706).
Lindberg, A., Berente, N., Gaskin, J., and Lyytinen, K. 2016. “Coordinating Interdependencies in Online Communities: A Study of an Open Source Software Project,” Information Systems Research (27:4), pp. 751–772.
Vaast, E., Safadi, H., Lapointe, L., and Negoita, B. 2017. “Social Media Affordances for Connective Action: An Examination of Microblogging Use During the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill,” MIS Quarterly (41:4), pp. 1179–1205.
Miranda, S. M., Kim, I., and Summers, J. D. 2015. “Jamming with Social Media: How Cognitive Structuring of Organizing Vision Facets Affects IT Innovation Diffusion,” MIS Quarterly (39:3), pp. 591–614. (https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2015/39.3.04).
Miranda, S. M., Wang, D., and Tian, C. (Forthcoming). “Discursive Fields and the Diversity-Coherence Paradox: An Ecological Perspective on the Blockchain Community Discourse,” MIS Quarterly.
Leonardi, P. 2013. “When Does Technology Use Enable Network Change In Organizations? A Comparative Study of Feature Use and Shared Affordances,” MIS Quarterly (37:3), pp. 749–775.
Leonardi, P. 2007. “Activating the Informational Capabilities of Information Technology for Organizational Change,” Organization Science (18:5), pp. 813–831.
February - Cynthia Beath: Publishing IS Research in Practitioner Outlets
Presentation slides: Link
I’d like to recommend that the participants look at the “instructions to authors” pages for the following outlets:
Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/guidelines-for-authors
Sloan Management Review: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/authors/
MISQ Executive: https://aisel.aisnet.org/misqe/reviewprocess.html (see especially the Review Criteria)
California Management Review: https://cmr.berkeley.edu/resources/submit/ (see especially the Content Guidelines)
March - Emmanuelle Vaast: Process Theorizing
Vaast, E., & Pinsonneault, A. (2021). When Digital Technologies Enable and Threaten Occupational Identity: The Delicate Balancing Act of Data Scientists. MIS Quarterly, 45(3).
Pentland, B., Vaast, E., & Wolf, J. R. (2021). Theorizing process dynamics with directed graphs: A diachronic analysis of digital trace data. MIS Quarterly, 45(2).
April - Nick Berente: Computationally Intensive Theory Construction
Presentation slides: Link
If you only read one paper, read the following:
Miranda, S., Berente, N., Seidel, S., Safadi, H., & Burton-Jones, A. (2022). Editor's comments: Computationally intensive theory construction: A primer for authors and reviewers. MIS Quarterly, 46(2), iii-xviii.
A recent example:
Lindberg, A., Schecter, A., Berente, N., Hennel, P., & Lyytinen, K. (2024). The Entrainment of Task Allocation and Release Cycles in Open Source Software Development. MIS Quarterly, 48(1), 67-94.
Background:
Berente, N., Seidel, S., Safadi, H. (2019). Research Commentary—Data-Driven Computationally Intensive Theory
Development. Information Systems Research, 30(1), 50-64.