[AISWorld] AMCIS 2013 CFP: Mini-track on Paradigmatic Diversity in IS Studies and its Implications for Research Quality

[Ruba A.]

*19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2013)*

*Chicago Illinois, USA*

*15-17 August 2013*

*Mini-Track: *Paradigmatic Diversity in IS Studies and its Implications for
Research Quality

*Track*: Research
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***Description*:


The IS community has become more receptive to multiple research approaches
after such seminal works  as Allen Lee’s (1999) essay on integrating
positivist and interpretive approaches and Minger’s (2001) emphasis on the
value of the plurality of paradigms.  While all IS researchers share the
intent to conduct high quality research, what exactly constitutes high
quality research is not without controversy.  Determining research quality
can vary greatly based on the ontological and epistemological assumptions
of the perspective (Burrell and Morgan 1979) and IS research best practices
and standards are still being debated (Straub and Ang 2011). This increased
diversity and lack of shared perspectives on quality represents a risk to
the IS field.  Research that represents a contribution to the IS field is
subject to the risk of inappropriate rejection (essentially a type II
error) if reviewers apply an inappropriate standard to determine the
quality of the research.   The IS field which is still struggling for
identify, risks not publishing research contributions or missing out if the
research is published under a different discipline.



The need to examine and debate what constitutes research quality and best
practice, particularly across approaches, motivates this mini-track.  This
mini-track intends to foster discussion related to difficult and
controversial issues related to determining research quality. We encourage
authors to submit conceptual or empirical research related to a wide
variety of related issues.  These issues can be conceptual in nature such
as how to integrate interpretivist and positivist approaches or detailed
methodological discussions such as the recent exploration into the
appropriateness of formative and reflective constructs in quantitative
modeling.  We encourage any submission that fosters discussion and
understandings of research quality, best practices and appropriate use of
methods.

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*General Examples of Relevant Topics*:


   - Assessment of research rigor in IS.
   - The evolution of evaluative criteria in different IS research
   paradigms.
   - Level of consensus on research quality standards across different IS
   paradigms.
   - Agreement and disagreement of best practice in different circumstances
   - Authors’ responsibilities for providing guidance on how to judge
   research quality.
   - Ontological positioning and its implications for reviewing and
   publishing IS research.

*Important Dates*:

January 4, 2013: Paper submissions open on Bepress

February 22, 2013: Deadline for paper submissions at 11:59 p.m. CST

April 17, 2013: Notification of paper acceptance

May 9, 2013: Camera-ready copy due

Instructions for authors can be found at AMCIS website:
http://amcis2013.aisnet.org



*Mini-Track Chair*: Dr. Kerry W. Ward, University of Nebraska at Omaha,
Nebraska, USA.

Email: kwward at unomaha.edu

*Mini-Track Co-chair*: Ruba Aljafari, University of Nebraska at Omaha,
Nebraska, USA
Email: raljafari at unomaha.edu

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