Grounded Action Research: A Method for Understanding IT in Practice

Richard Baskerville; Jan Pries-Heje

doi:10.1016/S0959-8022(98)00017-4

Grounded Action Research: A Method for Understanding IT in Practice

Richard Baskerville, Jan Pries-Heje

Georgia State University

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Abstract

This paper shows how the theory development portion of action research can be made more rigorous. The process of theory formulation is an essential part of action research, yet this process is not well understood. A case study demonstrates how units of analysis and techniques from grounded theory can be integrated into the action research cycle in order to add rigor and reliability to the theory formulation process.

Original language	English
Journal	Information and Organization
Volume	9
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	1-23
Number of pages	23
ISSN	1471-7727
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0959-8022(98)00017-4
Publication status	Published - Jan 1999

Keywords

Information systems research
Research methods
Action research
Grounded theory
Qualitative research
Ethnography
Information systems design
Prototyping

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