What does Native Theorizing and Native Products of Theorizing in Information Systems Look Like?

This paper supports efforts towards developing native information systems (IS) theories by providing exemplary case studies of how IS scholars have in the past undertaken native theorizing that produced native products of theorizing. It begins by arguing, based the IS field’s discursive activities, why relying on reference disciplines will not progress the IS field. Because descriptions of what native theories in IS and native products of theorizing look like are few and far between, this paper offers criteria for evaluating what a native IS product of theorizing looks like, which will lead to productive work in generating native IS theories.