The Last Positivist

Positivist Dogmas , Rhetoric , and the Education Science

Validation Guidelines for IS Positivist Research

Fourteen years ago, Straub (1989) raised the issue of whether IS positivist researchers were sufficiently validating their instruments. Since then, the IS profession has been exposed to many opportunities and challenges. E-Commerce has risen in prominence. Other management trends have passed through their cycles. Our new professional society, the Association of Information Systems, has been for...

Investigating Information Systems with Positivist Case Research

This paper offers a rigorous step-by-step methodology for developing theories and contains specific and detailed guidelines for IS researchers to follow in carrying out positivist case studies. The methodology is largely inspired by the work of Yin [2003], Eisenhardt [1989], Miles and Huberman [1994] and several others who are strong proponents of and have wide experience in this research appro...

Using Action Research for Positivist Research

Using a Positivist Case Study Methodology

This paper offers a rigorous step-by-step methodology for either developing or testing theories and contains specific and detailed guidelines for IS researchers to follow in carrying out positivist case studies. The methodology is largely inspired by the work of Yin (1994), Eisenhardt (1989), Miles and Huberman (1994) and several others who are strong proponents of and have wide experience in t...