| Subject: | [AISWorld] Call for papers for a Special Issue of the Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS) on Qualitative Methods in IS/IT Research: Issues, Contributions and Challenges. |
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| Date: | Tue, 7 Dec 2010 20:36:38 +1000 |
| From: | Bruce Rowlands <B.Rowlands@griffith.edu.au> |
| To: | IS-hods@postoffice.utas.edu.au, IS-Aus@postoffice.utas.edu.au, aisworld@lists.aisnet.org |
Call for papers for a Special Issue of the Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS) on Qualitative Methods in IS/IT Research: Issues, Contributions and Challenges.
Guest
co-editors
Wasana Bandara - Queensland University of Technology,
Australia, w.bandara@qut.edu.au
Walter D Fernández - The Australian National University, Australia, walter.fernandez@anu.edu.au
Bruce Rowlands - Griffith University, Australia, B.Rowlands@griffith.edu.au
Motivation
and overview
Qualitative research methods are widely accepted in
Information Systems and multiple
approaches have been successfully used in IS qualitative
studies over the
years. These approaches include narrative analysis,
discourse analysis,
grounded theory, case study, ethnography and
phenomenological analysis. Guided
by critical, interpretive and positivist epistemologies
(Myers 1997),
qualitative methods are continuously growing in importance
in our research
community.
The aim of this AJIS Special Issue is to provide a forum within which we can present and debate the significant number of issues, results and questions arising from the pluralistic approach to qualitative research in Information Systems. We recognise both the potential and the challenges that qualitative approaches offers for accessing the different layers and dimensions of a complex and constructed social reality (Orlikowski 1993). The Special Issue is also a response to the need to showcase the current state of the art in IS Qualitative research and highlight advances and issues encountered in the process of continuous learning that includes questions about its ontology, epistemological tenets, theoretical contributions and practical applications.
Research
questions
We invite contributions from those working with qualitative
research methods in
the areas of information technology, information systems,
software engineering,
business, social and health informatics. We are interested
in submissions that
address a range of ontological, epistemological and
practical issues in
qualitative research including, but not limited to, the
following questions and
topics:
Deadlines and submission dates
Two page outline prior full paper deadline (is optional) - guest editors can advise on the suitability of a proposed paper submission.
Information
for authors
All papers should follow the AJIS author guidelines
available at: http://dl.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
The length of the manuscript should be commensurate with content, but should not exceed 30 pages (double spaced, including tables and diagrams, but not including abstract and references). Where manuscripts exceed 30 pages justification needs to be made to the editor.
Completed paper will be submitted via the AJIS submission system. Authors need to register in the AJIS system (you can register through the AJIS home page http://dl.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/index).
Once registered, log on to ‘User home’ and select a ‘Start a New Submission’. Select ‘AJIS Featured theme- QUALIT’ when submitting papers to this special issue.
Contact
Dr. Walter Fernandez
E-Mail: walter.fernandez@anu.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 6125 4861
References
Myers, M.D. "Qualitative Research in Information Systems,"
MIS
Quarterly (21:2), June, 1997, pp 241-242.
Orlikowski, W.J. "CASE tools are organizational change: Investigating Incremental and Radical Changes in Systems Development," MIS Quarterly (17:3), Sep 1993, pp 309-340.