A Framework to place Cross-cultural Case Study Research in an Information Systems Action Research Context

2 School of Management Information Systems, Deakin University, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] . ABSTRACT: The progressive evolution of the global information society has escalated the debate over effective ways to facilitate relevance in information systems research without sacrificing rigor. Accommodation of interpretivist research methodologies has been suggested to address this problem, particularly in instances of research conducted in Asian developing countries. This paper discusses problems encountered in attempting to apply, in such a context, positivist longitudinal case study research methods, using models originating from research focused on organisations in Western, developed economies. We outline a synthesis of the positivist methods with an action research approach, and the subsequent use of a particular research framework to track progress and report outcomes.