A Dialectical Approach in Geography

A philosophical Approach to the Allocation or Aggregation of Geography

Introduction Geography first started with simple writing. But today, this science has gained a lot of potentials and with its technical tools which has at hand, has new specialized trends and is training new experts and specialists. Hence, in the present age, especially in Iran, geography is referred to as (interdisciplinary science), because it both studies natural sciences and human sciences...

A Dialectical Approach to Information Systems Research

Research in information systems, like other social sciences, has been criticised for its lack of rigour, deficiencies in the techniques used for evidence collection, the lack of generalisability of results and the poverty of theory development. This paper clarifies some of the key philosophical and methodological issues concerning the validity of information systems research. Issues relating to...

A dialectical approach to information retrieval

A Dialectical Approach to Positive Organizational Studies

Over the last decade, an academic movement emerged towards the study of positive phenomena in management and organization studies. Since then, two different scientific research streams have emerged in line with this positive approach to management: 1) positive organizational scholarship (POS), which proposes a trait approach view of positive virtues and strengths and sees the environment as a m...

Towards a Dialectical Approach for Conversational Agents in Selling Situations

The use of virtual agents to intelligently interface with online customers of e-commerce businesses is remarkably increasing. Most of these virtual agents are designed to assist online customers while searching for information related to a specific product or service, while few agents are intended for promoting and selling a product or a service. Within the later type, our aim is to provide pro...