This book expertly brings together the seminal works in the field, together with editorial introductions to assist the reader in understanding the essential principles of qualitative research.

Qualitative research has become a legitimate approach within the information systems community, but researchers have traditionally drawn upon material from the social sciences given the absence of a single source relevant to them.Qualitative Research in Information Systems: A Reader represents just such a volume and is both timely and relevant.

Information systems and qualitative research articles are now widely used for teaching on many upper level courses in information systems, and there is demand for a definitive collection of these readings as a basic reader and teaching text. This book expertly brings together the seminal works in the field, along with editorial introductions to assist the reader in understanding the essential principles of qualitative research.

The book is organised according to the following thematic sections:

· Part I: Overview of Qualitative Research

· Part II: Philosophical Perspectives

· Part III: Qualitative Research Methods

· Part IV: Modes of Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Data

Qualitative Research in Information Systems: A Reader should become the benchmark reference point for students and researchers in information systems, management science and others involved in information technology needing to learn about qualitative research.

PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
An Introduction to Qualitative Research in Information Systems - Michael D Myers and David E Avison
Choosing Appropriate Information Systems Research Methodologies - Bob Galliers and Frank Land
Power, Politics and MIS Implementation - M Lynne Markus
PART TWO: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES
Studying Information Technology in Organizations - Wanda Orlikowski and J J Baroudi
Research Approaches and Assumptions
The Case Research Strategy in Studies of Information Systems - Izak Benbasat, D K Goldstein and M Mead
Interpretive Case Studies in IS Research - Geoff Walsham
Nature and Method
The Critical Social Theory Approach to Information Systems - Ojelanki Ngwenyama
Problems and Challenges
PART THREE: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
A Critical Perspective on Action Research as a Method for Information Systems Research - Richard Baskerville and Trevor Wood-Harper
A Scientific Methodology for MIS Case Studies - A S Lee
Scholarship and Practice - Lynda L Harvey and Michael D Myers
The Contribution of Ethnographic Research Methods to Bridging the Gap
CASE Tools Are Organizational Change - Wanda Orlikowski
Investigating Incremental and Radical Changes in Systems Development
PART FOUR: MODES OF ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING QUALITATIVE DATA
Information System Use as an Hermeneutic Process - Richard J Boland Jr
Symbolism and Information Systems Development - Rudy Hirschheim and Mike Newman
Myth, Metaphor and Magic