Abstract
European Information Systems research is reflected in the papers presented at the European Conference for Information Systems (ECIS). It seems that we employ a number of different approaches for research in the IS community. There has been a debate on methodological appropriateness and choice of research approach over the years. This paper adds to that debate by presenting a snapshot of what research approaches have been employed at recent ECIS. This paper presents a classification scheme for discussing research approaches and applies that scheme to analyse the papers presented at the three most recent ECIS. The results show that the proportion of studies employing qualitative interviews in combination with document studies has increased. The proportion of studies employing prolonged organisational engagement is relatively stable, while experimental studies where artefacts are constructed and/or tested are decreasing.
Recommended Citation
Backlund, Per, "On The Research Approaches Employed at Recent European Conferences on Information Systems (ECIS 2002 - ECIS 2004)" (2005). ECIS 2005 Proceedings. 6.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2005/6