dc.contributor.author |
Baskerville, RL |
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dc.contributor.author |
Myers, Michael |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-03-08T20:38:40Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2009 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems 33(4):647-662 2009 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0276-7783 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/13531 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Building on neo-institutional theory and theories of innovation and diffusion, recent work in the field of management has suggested that management research and practice is characterized by fashions. A management fashion is a relatively transitory belief that a certain management technique leads rational management progress. Using bibliographic research, we apply Abrahamson's management fashion theory to information systems research and practice. Our findings reveal that information systems research and practice, like management research and practice, is indeed characterized by fashions. These "IS fashion waves" are relatively transitory and represent a burst of interest in particular topics by IS researchers and practitioners. However, while our findings show that IS research closely parallels practice, we suggest that a more proactive engagement of IS academics is needed in the IS fashion-setting process. |
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dc.publisher |
Society for Information Management and The Management Information Systems Research Center |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
MIS Quarterly |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0276-7783/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Fashion waves in information systems research and practice |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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pubs.issue |
4 |
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pubs.begin-page |
647 |
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pubs.volume |
33 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: Society for Information Management and The Management Information Systems Research Center |
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pubs.author-url |
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2017436 |
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pubs.end-page |
662 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
99489 |
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pubs.org-id |
Business and Economics |
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pubs.org-id |
Info Systems & Operations Mgmt |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2010-09-01 |
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