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1、Klein&Myers/EvaluatingInterpretiveFieldStudiesSPECIALISSUEASETOFPRINCIPLESFORCONDUCTINGANDEVALUATINGINTERPRETIVEFIELDSTUDIESININFORMATIONSYSTEMS1By:HeinzK.KleinpaperistofurtherreflectionanddebateontheSchoolofManagementimportantsubjectofgroundinginterpretiveStateUniversityofNewYorkresearc
2、hmethodology.Binghamton,NewYork13902Keywords:ISresearchmethodologies,interpre-U.S.A.tivistperspective,criticalperspective,casehkklein@binghamton.edustudy,fieldstudy,ethnography,hermeneuticsMichaelD.MyersISRLCategories:IB01,AI0802,AI0803,AI0102,DepartmentofManagementScienceAI0108,AI0112,A
3、I0116andInformationSystemsUniversityofAucklandPrivateBag92019AucklandIntroductionNEWZEALANDInrecentyears,interpretiveresearchhasemergedm.myers@auckland.ac.nzasanimportantstrandininformationsystemsresearch(Walsham1995b).InterpretiveresearchAbstractcanhelpISresearcherstounderstandhumantho
4、ughtandactioninsocialandorganizationalThisarticlediscussestheconductandevaluationcontexts;ithasthepotentialtoproducedeepofinterpretiveresearchininformationsystems.insightsintoinformationsystemsphenomenaWhiletheconventionsforevaluatinginformationincludingthemanagementofinformationsystems
5、systemscasestudiesconductedaccordingtotheandinformationsystemsdevelopment.Asthenaturalsciencemodelofsocialsciencearenowinterestininterpretiveresearchhasincreased,widelyaccepted,thisisnotthecaseforinterpre-however,researchers,reviewers,andeditorshavetivefieldstudies.Asetofprinciplesforthe
6、con-raisedquestionsabouthowinterpretivefieldductandevaluationofinterpretivefieldresearchresearchshouldbeconductedandhowitsqualityininformationsystemsisproposed,alongwithcanbeassessed.Thisarticleisourresponsetotheirphilosophicalrationale.Theusefulnessofsomeofthesequestionsandsuggestsasetof
7、prin-theprinciplesisillustratedbyevaluatingthreeciplesfortheconductandevaluationofinterpre-publishedinterpretivefieldstudiesdrawnfromtivefieldresearchininformationsystems.theISresearchliterature.TheintentionofthePurposeandMotivation1AllenLeewastheacceptingsenioreditorforthisTheco