Meta-Theories in Research: Positivism, Postmodernism, and Critical Realism

Positivism and realism pdf

Critical realism theory - Theories Used in IS Research

1 Critical realism theory 2 Acronym 3 Alternate name(s) 4 Main dependent construct(s)/factor(s) 5 Main independent construct(s)/factor(s) 6 Concise description of theory 7 Diagram/schematic of theory 8 Originating author(s) 9 Seminal articles 10 Originating area 11 Level of analysis 12 IS articles that use the theory 13 Links from this theory to other theories 14 External links 15 Original Cont...

Positivism, Postmodernism, or Critical Theory? A Case Study of Communications Students’ Understandings of Criticism

Neoliberalism has resulted in a large-scale economization and capitalization of society that has also permeated the academic system. The paper at hand provides the result of a case study that analyzed how students, who are today frequently confronted by the combination of studying and precarious labour and insecure job perspectives, assess the importance of critical thinking. As a theoretical f...

Critical realism in case study research

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Case study research Critical realism MIS Causality Case study research is the most popular research method for researchers in industrial marketing. However despite a number of attempts the problem of satisfactorily justifying the use of case research remains. This paper proposes critical realism as a coherent, rigorous and novel philosophical position that not on...

Using Critical Realism in IS Research

Different strands of postmodern, poststructuralist, postrealist, and nonpositivistic approaches and theories have gained popularity in information systems (IS) research. Since most of these approaches have a flat treatment of the agency/structure dimension, focus almost exclusively on micro phenomena, and reject objectivist elements, it can be argued that they are problematic to use in IS resea...