INTRODUCTION: Critical realism (CR) provides a unique and robust philosophical framework for social work researchers by attending to the role of individual agency structure; however, little practical guidance is available regarding how ontology epistemology CR can be applied as methodological qualitative research. APPROACH: In this article, we explain what in relation other ontological epistemo...

Many researchers have used simulation to investigate the spread of congestion in networks. These researchers often find that congestion can be modeled as a percolation process, spreading slowly under increasing load until a critical point. After the critical point, congestion spreads quickly throughout the entire network. The researchers also identify various measureable signals that arise arou...

Convincing arguments for using critical realism as an underpinning for theories of IT-associated organizational change have appeared in the IS literature. A central task in developing such theories is to uncover the generative mechanisms by which IT is implicated in organizational change processes, but to do so, we must explain how critical realism’s concept of generative mechanisms applies in ...

Article history: Received 1 February 2013 Accepted 4 February 2013 Available online xxxx This paper compares two alternative theoretical foundations upon which the study of sociomateriality can be built: agential realism and critical realism. It begins by providing a brief overview of the sociomaterial perspective on organizational practices and considers why this perspective holds great appeal...

The aim of the paper is to indicate a metatheoretical perspective on interdisciplinary research which includes some important ontological assumptions and its consequences for the interdisciplinary research practice. Interdisciplinary research can be characterised by its focusing on a complex problem and the aim of the research is to elaborate this problem. The presentation begins with a brief o...

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...