The status of information systems research in Australia: preliminary results
As the first stage of a study to investigate the status of Information Systems research in Australia, a survey of the heads of all IS discipline groups in Australian universities was conducted. The study revealed a wide range of topics researched (with rapid growth in Electronic Commerce and Knowled...
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Southern Cross University
2001
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| author | Pervan, Graham Cecex-kecmanovic, D. |
| author2 | Gavin Finnie |
| author_facet | Gavin Finnie Pervan, Graham Cecex-kecmanovic, D. |
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| description | As the first stage of a study to investigate the status of Information Systems research in Australia, a survey of the heads of all IS discipline groups in Australian universities was conducted. The study revealed a wide range of topics researched (with rapid growth in Electronic Commerce and Knowledge Management), a range of foci, a balance between positivist and interpretivist research, survey was the most frequently used research method, and most research was directed at informing IS professionals. A SWOT analysis provided some further interesting results. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| publishDate | 2001 |
| publisher | Southern Cross University |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-256792022-09-06T05:35:24Z The status of information systems research in Australia: preliminary results Pervan, Graham Cecex-kecmanovic, D. Gavin Finnie Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic Bruce Lo As the first stage of a study to investigate the status of Information Systems research in Australia, a survey of the heads of all IS discipline groups in Australian universities was conducted. The study revealed a wide range of topics researched (with rapid growth in Electronic Commerce and Knowledge Management), a range of foci, a balance between positivist and interpretivist research, survey was the most frequently used research method, and most research was directed at informing IS professionals. A SWOT analysis provided some further interesting results. 2001 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25679 Southern Cross University restricted |
| spellingShingle | Pervan, Graham Cecex-kecmanovic, D. The status of information systems research in Australia: preliminary results |
| title | The status of information systems research in Australia: preliminary results |
| title_full | The status of information systems research in Australia: preliminary results |
| title_fullStr | The status of information systems research in Australia: preliminary results |
| title_full_unstemmed | The status of information systems research in Australia: preliminary results |
| title_short | The status of information systems research in Australia: preliminary results |
| title_sort | status of information systems research in australia: preliminary results |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25679 |