Information systems assignment

Instructions:

This is a critique of a journal in the journal of the association of information systems which focuses on theories used in the information systems discipline

Two (2) to three (3) pages; New Times Roman; Font size 12pts; Line spacing 1.15; Single line spacing

Using this template, complete your article critique and submit this document to Blackboard.

 Summary must include all five criteria:

        CRITIQUE THE PAPER BASED ON THE major strengths/weaknesses in the article.

    Strengths/Weakness of the research motivation, research methodology, significance,

    contribution, argument, analysis, general logic behind research, general presentation of research paper

 

Use APA formatting.

 

 

Volume 13Issue 1Journal of the Association for InformationAbstractResearch ArticleRon WeberMonash UniversityRon.Weber@monash.eduThis paper articulates a framework and criteria that can be used to evaluate the quality of theories. While theframework and criteria have general applicability, my focus is the evaluation of theories within the informationsystems discipline. To illustrate the usefulness of the framework and criteria, I show how they can be employedto pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of a theory which, based upon citation evidence, has had asignificant impact on other researchers within the information systems discipline. Because the evaluation ofexisting theories often provides the basis for refining existing theories or building new theories, I also show howthe framework and criteria can be used to inform the development of high-quality theory.Keywords: Theory Evaluation, Theory Refinement, Theory Building, Constructs, Associations, States, Events,Boundary Conditions, Theoretical Importance, Theoretical Novelty, Parsimony, Meso-Level Theory,Falsifiability.Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 1-30, January 2012Evaluating and Developing Theories in theInformation Systems Discipline* Cynthia Beath was the accepting senior editor. This article was submitted on 3rdMarch 2011 and went throughtwo revisions.