The Challenges Involved in Establishing a Research Technique

  • Roger Clarke Principal, Xamax Consultancy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v24i0.2515
Keywords: research techniques, research methods, research methodology, critical analysis of published works, article critique, critical content analysis

Abstract

Many research techniques are well-accepted within the Information Systems (IS) discipline.  From time to time, however, a researcher investigates a question that requires a novel approach.  It is then incumbent on the researcher to justify that approach. The IS discipline has accumulated a large corpus of published works.  A project is being undertaken whose purpose is to establish the conceptual foundations for a research technique for the critical analysis of published works, and to develop methodological guidance for its application. This article discusses the challenges that have confronted that undertaking.

Author Biography

Roger Clarke, Principal, Xamax Consultancy

Canberra Visiting Professor, UNSW Law, Sydney Visiting Professor, Research School of Computer Science, ANU, Canberra

Published
2020-03-16
How to Cite
Clarke, R. (2020). The Challenges Involved in Establishing a Research Technique . Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 24. https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v24i0.2515
Issue
Vol 24 (2020)
Section
Selected Papers from the Information Systems Foundations Conference (ISF)
Copyright (c) 2020 Roger Clarke

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