Structuration Theory in Information Systems Research: Relevance and Rigour from a Pluralist Research Approach

Dale Mackrell; Sue Nielsen

Structuration Theory in Information Systems Research: Relevance and Rigour from a Pluralist Research Approach

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This paper reflects on the theoretical aspects of an earlier ontological study. The study was a single case which explored the use of an agricultural decision support system by women cotton growers in the Australian cotton industry and the effect of its use on their farm magement roles on family cotton farms. The study was informed through a multi-paradigmatic conceptual framework with structuration theory as a meta-theory, and diffusion theory and gender relations theory as lower level theories. This pluralistic research approach employed both theory and data triangulation. In this paper, the justification for a multi-paradigmatic framework is discussed as well as the relevance and rigour of the study

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS)
Editors	Wui-Gee Tan
Place of Publication	Australia
Publisher	Association for Information Systems
Pages	1-31
Number of pages	31
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems ACIS2007 - Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2007 → 7 Dec 2007

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Conference	18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems ACIS2007
Abbreviated title	ACIS2007
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Toowoomba
Period	4/12/07 → 7/12/07

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Mackrell, D & Nielsen, S 2007, Structuration Theory in Information Systems Research: Relevance and Rigour from a Pluralist Research Approach. in W-G Tan (ed.), Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS). Association for Information Systems, Australia, pp. 1-31, 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems ACIS2007, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 4/12/07.

Structuration Theory in Information Systems Research: Relevance and Rigour from a Pluralist Research Approach. / Mackrell, Dale; Nielsen, Sue.
Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS). ed. / Wui-Gee Tan. Australia: Association for Information Systems, 2007. p. 1-31.

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