Interpretive research

Doing interpretive research

Received: 29 November 2004 Revised: 26 July 2005 Accepted: 4 November 2005 Abstract Interpretive research in information systems (IS) is now a well-established part of the field. However, there is a need for more material on how to carry out such work from inception to publication. I published a paper a decade ago (Walsham, 1995) which addressed the nature of interpretive IS case studies and me...

Reflections on collaboration in interpretive consumer research

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges and opportunities of collaboration in interpretive consumer research. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews literature on research teamwork, particularly on qualitative and international projects. It also provides an account of research collaboration on an interpretive research project across four countries, involving ei...

Blended learning : an interpretive action research study

Effect of interpretive bias on research evidence.

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Interpretive accounts and fairy tales: a critical polemic against the empiricist bias in interpretive IS research

Received: 29 June 2009 Revised: 9 February 2010 2nd Revision: 8 November 2010 3rd Revision: 21 June 2011 4th Revision: 9 January 2012 5th Revision: 12 November 2012 6th Revision: 17 November 2012 Accepted: 20 November 2012 Abstract In 1995, Geoff Walsham wrote one of the most important and most widely cited papers on interpretivism in information systems (IS). Walsham’s paper, along with his fu...