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1、Dubé&Paré/RigorinISPositivistCaseResearchRESEARCHESSAYRIGORININFORMATIONSYSTEMSPOSITIVISTCASERESEARCH:CURRENTPRACTICES,1TRENDS,ANDRECOMMENDATIONSBy:LineDubéissueofwhetherIScaseresearchwasrigorouslyDepartmentofInformationTechnologiesconductedwasfirstraised.Resear
2、chersfromourHECMontréalfield(e.g.,Benbasatetal.1987;Lee1989)and3000Cote-Ste-CatherineRoadfromotherdisciplines(e.g.,Eisenhardt1989;YinMontreal,Quebec1994)calledformorerigorincaseresearchand,CANADAH3T2A7throughtheirrecommendations,contributedtotheLine.Dube@hec.caa
3、dvancementofthecasestudymethodology.Consideringthesecontributions,thepresentstudyGuyParéseekstodeterminetheextenttowhichthefieldofDepartmentofInformationTechnologiesIShasadvancedinitsoperationaluseofcaseHECMontréalstudymethod.Precisely,itinvestigatesthelevel3000
4、Cote-Ste-CatherineRoadofmethodologicalrigorinpositivistIScaseMontreal,Quebecresearchconductedoverthepastdecade.Toful-CANADAH3T2A7fillthisobjective,weidentifiedandcoded183Guy.Pare@hec.cacasearticlesfromsevenmajorISjournals.Evaluationattributesorcriteriaconsidered
5、inthepresentreviewfocusonthreemainareas,namely,designissues,datacollection,anddataAbstractanalysis.WhilethelevelofmethodologicalrigorhasexperiencedmodestprogresswithrespecttoCaseresearchhascommandedrespectinthesomespecificattributes,theoverallassessedinformation
6、systems(IS)disciplineforatleastarigorissomewhatequivocalandtherearestilldecade.Notwithstandingtherelevanceandpoten-significantareasforimprovement.Oneofthekeystialvalueofcasestudies,thismethodologicalistoincludebetterdocumentationparticularlyapproachwasonceconsid
7、eredtobeoneoftheregardingissuesrelatedtothedatacollectionandleastsystematic.Towardtheendofthe1980s,theanalysisprocesses.Keywords:Casestudyresearch,methodological1AllenLeewastheacceptingsenioreditorforthispaper.rigor,positivism,researchdesignMISQuarterlyVol.27No.
8、4,pp.597-635/December2003597Dubé&Paré/RigorinISPositivistCaseResearchIntroductionCaseresearchgainedrespectinourfieldforseveralreasons.First,thecaseresearchmethodResea