TY - BOOK AU - Mora,Manuel ED - IGI Global. TI - Research methodologies, innovations, and philosophies in software systems engineering and information systems SN - 9781466601802 PY - 2012/// CY - Hershey, Pa. PB - IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) KW - Software engineering KW - System engineering KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Information technology KW - Critical realism KW - Formal ontologies KW - Interpretative information systems research KW - Organizational knowledge KW - Process theory KW - Relevance in information systems research KW - Semantic map KW - Software engineering research KW - Software process research KW - Structural equation modeling N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 1. Philosophical framing and its impact on research / Eileen M. Trauth and Lee B. Erickson -- 2. Rigor and relevance in information systems research: a comprehensive IS research process model / Damodar Konda -- 3. Postmodernism, interpretivism, and formal ontologies / Jan H. Kroeze -- 4. Critical realism and IS research: some methodological implications / Philip J. Dobson -- 5. Practice vs. possession: epistemological implications on the nature of organizational knowledge and cognition / Lucio Biggiero -- 6. Software engineering research: the need to strengthen and broaden the classical scientific method / Gonzalo G{u296E}ova, Juan Llorens and Jorge Morato -- 7. Process theory: components and guidelines for development / Martha Garc-Murillo and Ezgi Nur Gozen -- 8. On IT and SwE research methodologies and paradigms: a systemic landscape review / Manuel Mora ... [et al.] -- 9. Contemporary reporting practices regarding covariance-based SEM with a lens on EQS / Theresa M. Edgington and Peter M. Bentler -- 10. Variance-based structural equation modeling: guidelines for using partial least squares in information systems research / JosL. Rold and Manuel J. Schez-Franco -- 11. Models for interpretive information systems research, Part 1: IS research, action research, grounded theory - a meta-study and examples / M.R. (Ruth) De Villiers -- 12. Models for interpretive information systems research, Part 2: design research, development research, design-science research, and design-based research - a meta-study and examples / M.R. (Ruth) De Villiers --; 13. Using grounded theory coding mechanisms to analyze case study and focus group data in the context of software process research / Rory O'Connor -- 14. A practical approach to theory structuring and analysis: a way to structure research and perform sub-problem solving in a changing IS landscape / T. Schwartzel and M. M. Eloff -- 15. Integrating conceptual and empirical approaches for software engineering research / Annette Lerine Steenkamp and Theresa Kraft -- 16. Visualization and analysis of frames in collections of messages: content analysis and the measurement of meaning / Esther Vlieger and Loet Leydesdorff -- 17. System approach to MIS and DSS and its modeling within SD / Miroljub Kljajic ... [et al.] -- 18. Project contexts and the possibilities for mixing software development and systems approaches / D. Petkov ... [et al.] -- 19. Selecting strategies and approaches in systems engineering: applying the descriptive research method / Moti Frank -- 20. Engineering design as research / Timothy L.J. Ferris -- 21. Validation and design science research in information systems / Rafael A. Gonzalez and Henk G. Sol; Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers; Also available in print N2 - 'This book aims to advance scientific knowledge on research approaches used in systems engineering, software engineering, and information systems and to update,integrate, disperse and valuable knowledge on research approaches'-- Provided by publisher UR - https://eresourcesptsl.ukm.remotexs.co/user/login?url=http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-4666-0179-6 ER -