The fragmentation of theoretical contributions in ERP research : an exploratory study
| العنوان: | The fragmentation of theoretical contributions in ERP research : an exploratory study |
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| المؤلفون: | Redouane El Amrani, Saïd Assar |
| المساهمون: | Département Systèmes d'Information (IMT-BS - DSI), Télécom Ecole de Management (TEM)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom Business School (IMT-BS), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) (LITEM), Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne (UEVE)-Télécom Ecole de Management (TEM), Neoma Business School (NEOMA), LITEM-NPR, Département Systèmes d'Information (DSI), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom Business School (IMT-BS), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Télécom Ecole de Management (TEM) |
| المصدر: | Proceedings HICSS 2016 : 49th Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences HICSS 2016 : 49th Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences HICSS 2016 : 49th Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences, Jan 2016, Kauai, Hawaii, United States. pp.4707-4716, ⟨10.1109/HICSS.2016.583⟩ HICSS |
| بيانات النشر: | HAL CCSD, 2016. |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Process (engineering), Computer science, Management science, Field (Bourdieu), 05 social sciences, [INFO.INFO-OH]Computer Science [cs]/Other [cs.OH], Exploratory research, State of affairs, Context (language use), 02 engineering and technology, Working hypothesis, Market fragmentation, Epistemology, Theory building, 020204 information systems, 0502 economics and business, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Set (psychology), 050203 business & management, ERP |
| الوصف: | International audience; Theorizing is an essential endeavor in IS research, and top-ranked journals require their publications to include substantial theoretical contribution. In this paper, we seek to analyze and understand whether ERP research has been successful in building theory and developing a cumulative tradition. Our working hypothesis is that the profusion of theoretical contributions is hindering the cumulative construction of knowledge, and is impeding the emergence of robust theories in certain IS domains. Furthermore, we believe that replication is rarely considered when research is designed and published, thus indirectly contributing to the publication of yet more theoretical proposals. To explore and test this hypothesis, we develop an analysis framework and apply it in the ERP research field to a set of papers published in two leading European IS journals. Our findings confirm our hypothesis and show that it is difficult to build stable theories in ERP research as the theoretical corpus is fragmented; researchers tend to propose new theoretical contributions rather than test and confirm existing theories. We discuss the possible reasons behind this state of affairs and make a series of recommendations. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the theorizing process in ERP research and is of interest for researchers engaged in theory building. |
| اللغة: | English |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::9a3ca790010f50d78f9c97e285c5a2ff https://hal.science/hal-01299503 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....9a3ca790010f50d78f9c97e285c5a2ff |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |