In this paper, we argue that the metaphor form of a comparison (i.e., a topic-vehicle pair) is preferred over, and more comprehensible than, the simile form when the interpretive diversity for that comparison is high. Interpretive diversity refers to the richness of the figurative meaning of a comparison; it is high to the extent that more features or properties are related to the figurative me...

Though the number of interpretive research in information systems (IS) has increased substantially in recent years, the development and proliferation of methodology guiding such research is relatively minimal. The IS research methodology in interpretive research is still not institutionalized. This lack of common standards poses problems both for IS researchers using the interpretive paradigm a...

BACKGROUND Assisted reproductive technology (ART) provide the hope of pregnancy for infertile women, but do not always turn this hope into reality. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of infertile women from increasing and decreasing factors of hope in infertile women with failure in infertility treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using a qualitative researc...

this paper represents an attempt to explore mikhail bakhtin's ideas in the process of interpretation of some selected farsi poems by a few contemporary iranian poets. in so doing, the paper first seeks to cast a rapid glance at bakhtin's era, which shaped his literary philosophical views then it continues with a brief discussion of some of the characteristic features of his ideology, ...

This interpretive grounded theory (GT) study describes and analyses the lived experiences of project members who worked in a three year long inter-organisational information system (IOIS) project. The Inter-Organisational Information Systems (IOIS) project was a Nordic project which spanned four user organisations, two suppliers, one national organisation, a research organization and a Ministry...