Readings on Research in IT for students

My recommended readings for Research in Information Technology class are as follows:

  1. Adams, J., Khan, H.T.A., Raeside, R. and White, D. (2007) "Chapter 3: The Research Cycle" Research Methods for Graduate Business and Social Science Students, Response (SAGE).
  2. Adams, J., Khan, H.T.A., Raeside, R. and White, D. (2007) "Chapter 12: Correlation and Regression" Research Methods for Graduate Business and Social Science Students, Response (SAGE).
  3. Bailey, K.D. (1994) "Chapter 3: Constructing  Social Explanations" Methods of Social Research, The Free Press.
  4. Baldwin, L.P., Irani, Z. and Love, P.E.D. (2001) "Outsourincg information systems: drawing lessons from a banking case study" European Journal of Information Systems 10, 15-24.
  5. Checkland, P. and Holwell, S. (1998) "Chapter 2: Information Systems: The Anatomy of a Confusion" Information, Systems and Information Systems, Wiley.
  6. Checkland, P. and Holwell, S. (1998) "Chapter 3: 'Organizations': The Main Context of Work on Information Systems" Information, Systems and Information Systems, Wiley.
  7. Checkland, P. and Holwell, S. (2007) "Chapter 1: Action Research: Its Nature and Validity" in Kock, N. (editor) Information Systems Action Research, Springer.
  8. Chalmers, A.F. (1992) "Chapter 1: Inductivism: Science as Knowledge Derived from the Facts of Experience" What is this thing called Science?, Open University Press.
  9. Flood, R.L and Carson, E.R. (1998) "Chapter 2: Systems and Complexity" Dealing with Complexity, Plenum Press.
  10. Geels, F.W. and Kemp, R. (2007) "Dynamics in socio-technical systems: Typology of change processes and contrasting case studies" Technology in Society 29, pp. 441-455.
  11. Keizer, J.A. and Kempen, P.M. (2006) "Chapter 2: The three main phases of the consulting process" Business Research Projects: A solution-oriented approach, Elsevier.
  12. Munkvoid, B.E. (1999) "Challenges of IT implementation for supporting collaboration in distributed organizations" European Journal of Information Systems 8, pp. 260-272.
  13. Nelson, K.M. and Ghods, M (1998) "Measuring technology flexibility" European Journal of Information Systems 7, pp. 232-240.
  14. Oates, B.J. (2008) "Chapter 4: Internet Research" Researching Information Systems and Computing, SAGE Publications
  15. Oates, B.J. (2008) "Chapter 19: Philosophical Paradigms - Positivism" Researching Information Systems and Computing, SAGE Publications
  16. Pava, C.H.P. (1983) "Chapter 2: Sociotechnical Design: Its Contribution to Office work" Managing New Office Technology, The Free Press.
  17. Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A.(2003) "Critically reviewing the literature" Research Methods for Business Students, Prentice Hall.
  18. Silver, D. (1983) "Reading 6: Socio-technical systems" Lockett, M. and Spear, R. (editors) Organizations as Systems, The Open University Press.
  19. Tarafdar, M. and Vaidya, S.D. (2006) "Challenges in the adoption of E-Commerce technologies in India: The role of organizational factors", International Journal of Information Management 26, pp. 428-441.
  20. Thomas, A. B. (2006) "Chapter 3: Theory and management studies" Research Concepts for Management Studies, Routledge.
  21. Yin, R.K. (1989) "Chapter 1: Introduction" Case Study Research: Design and Methods, Sage Publications
  22. Zexian, Y. and Xuhui, Y. (2010) "Research Paper: A Revolution in the Field of Systems Thinking - A Review of Checkland's System Thinking" Systems Research and Behavioral Science 27, pp. 140-155.

These readings will be examined in the Reseach in IT workshops with students.

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