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This vital new Handbook brings together cutting-edge contributions from experts in Information Systems (IS) to explore how qualitative research can be undertaken in the IS discipline. The Handbook critically surveys contemporary trends in qualitative IS studies and offers detailed examples of how IS research methods can be taught. The leading group of contributors provides future-oriented analyses of key research methodologies, covering important topics such as the nature of theory and philosophy in qualitative IS research and new developments in the field. Engaging in an exploratory analysis of where opportunities for qualitative IS research might be heading, the Handbook concludes by identifying a need to consolidate existing research methodologies and develop new ones. The Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for Information Systems will be beneficial for students studying areas such as information systems, qualitative research methods, research method innovation, and knowledge management.

1. Introduction to the handbook of qualitative research methods for information systems / Robert M. Davison -- Part I. How to do qualitative is research -- 2. Teaching qualitative research methods / Robert M. Davison, Barney Tan, Louie H.M. Wong and Evelyn Ng -- 3. Analyzing genres of discourse in is research: An approach to interrogating validity claims in is scientific argumentation / Ojelanki Ngwenyama -- 4. Exploring is phenomena through metaphors: Insights from a study on Facebook / Stephen Jackson and Niki Panteli -- 5. Knowledge acquisition for quality engagement / Robert M. Davison and Louie H.M. Wong -- 6. Understanding the digital experience: Phenomenological is research / Antonio Díaz Andrade, Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn and Harminder Singh -- 7. Ethnographic evidence for practice / Richard L. Baskerville -- 8. How do researchers get close to the technology under investigation? Insights, benefits and challenges / Stan Karanasios, Mira Slavova and Aljona Zorina -- Part II. Methodological advances in qualitative is research -- 9. Case study followed by action research: Enhancing researcher and practitioner outcomes / Julien Malaurent, Robert M. Davison, and Louie H.M. Wong -- 10. Critical is research / Amber Young -- 11. Methodological practices for enacting "strong" sociomateriality in qualitative is research / Marko Niemimaa, Ulrike Schultze, and Gijs van den Heuvel -- 12. The nuts and bolts of qualitative comparative analysis / Federico Iannacci -- 13. Some principles for conducting phronetic is research / Ojelanki Ngwenyama and Stefan Klein -- 14. Decolonial critical hermeneutics / Hameed Chughtai -- Part III. Theoretical aspects of qualitative is research -- 15. The shape of theory: An alternative take on theorizing based on the nature of qualitative data / Evelyn Ng and Barney Tan -- 16. Dancing between theory and data: Abductive reasoning / Antonio Díaz Andrade -- 17. Developing indigenous theory with qualitative is research / Xiao Xiao and Barney Tan -- 18. Grounded theory in the era of datafication: A data journey perspective / Hamid Pousti, Henry Linger and Caitlin Doogan -- Part IV. Future directions for qualitative is research -- 19. Process oriented research: Opening new horizons for is research / Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic -- 20. Beyond the snapshot: Reconceptualising human agency and context in qualitative is research / Matthew Jones and Yingqin Zheng -- 21. Analysis chaining: Conceptual and empirical framing of digital traces / Aron Lindberg -- 22. Current trends and future opportunities in qualitative is research / Robert M. Davison -- Index..