14 List of Abbreviations 15 Chapter One Introduction 16 1:0 Introduction to the Study 16 1:1 Background and Rationale to the Study 16 1:1:1 Ageing and the status of older people in society 19 1:2 Aim and Objectives 21 1:3 Critical Realism 22 1:3:1 Structure and agency 23 1:3:2 Mechanisms 24 1:3:3 A stratified and differentiated reality 25 1:3:4 Positivism and post-positivism 27 1:4 Functional A...

Design science is an established approach in IS research and the literature provides us with a fruitful discussion on its basic concepts, for instance, the IS research cycle (Hevner, March, Park and Sudha 2004), IT artifacts (Orlikowski and Iacono 2001; Weber 2003), or design theories (Markus, Majchrzak and Gasser 2002; Walls, Widmeyer and El Sawy 1992). However, many authors advocating the sta...

Academic Information Systems (IS) research has a serious utilization and relevance problem. To increase IS research utilization and relevance, scholars argue that the mainstream IS research, which is based on the behavioral science paradigm, should be complemented with research based on the design science paradigm. The current IS design science frameworks have a strong focus on the IT artefact,...

Information Systems (IS) research has a serious utilization and relevance problem. To increase IS research utilization and relevance, scholars argue that the mainstream IS research, which is based on the behavioral science paradigm, should be complemented with research based on the design science paradigm. The current IS design science frameworks and approaches have a strong focus on the IT art...

In this paper we argue that the so-called 'positivism'-versus-'interpretivism' conflict raised by some constructivist, postmodernist, relativist philosophers and methodologists in information systems research is merely a pseudo problem which has no basis in reality. This pseudo problem of so-called 'positivism' versus 'interpretivism' only distracts from the genuine problem of the information s...

The existence of legal positivism that prioritizes certainty is expected to resolve various cybercrime criminal cases. One them happened in the case Mojokerto City Government site hacking. has troubled community, especially city government Mojokerto. research method uses normative juridical with a approach, concepts and collects primary materials hacking rules information technology crime. stud...