In this final chapter to the handbook, I reflect on the development of qualitative IS research methods over the last 40 years and then present my own vision for the foreseeable future of qualitative IS research. The last twenty years in particular have seen a surge of interest in qualitative...

In recent years, scholars in the Information Systems (IS) field have been advocating for more efforts in developing indigenous concepts and theories that are specific to the cultural settings that are under-represented in IS literature. While we have witnessed an increasing acceptance of...

By redefining the relationship between the social and the technological in Information Systems research, the ontological stance referred to as “sociomateriality” has received considerable attention as well as critique, especially with regard to its application in empirical investigations. In...

We explore how qualitative researchers acquire relevant knowledge and develop situational competence that facilitates their research practice in the field. We draw on both literature sources and our own practice to elicit recommendations related to preparation for entry into the field, cultural...

While the Internet facilitates unprecedent access to information, it also fosters conditions of post-truth culture that undermine rational public discourse. Scholars now argue that we are witnessing deep corrosion in discourse competence that must be addressed if we are to maintain the...

Teaching qualitative IS research is a fundamental concern for the future health of the discipline. We draw on our experiences as both practitioners of qualitative research methods and teachers of qualitative IS research courses to offer guidelines to instructors about elements to consider in the...

In this introductory chapter to the handbook, I explain the rationale for compiling the handbook, and then provide a chapter-by chapter summary of the contents. The handbook contains 22 chapters, including this introduction and a conclusion. The remaining twenty substantive chapters are...

Qualitative researchers have traditionally used interviews as their main source of data. Recently, however, digital trace data have become a common source of data for qualitative research of various kinds. Digital traces may consist of action markers, short conversational text, long-form text,...

Interpretive qualitative research has undoubtedly broadened the theoretical and methodological horizons of the IS field. In modelling their research practice on the natural sciences, however, many researchers in this tradition may be argued to be failing to recognise the full implications of...

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce process oriented research and discuss its evolution and possibilities it opens up for the future of the Information Systems (IS) research. In contrast to commonly practiced entity oriented research, which assumes enduring, self-contained human/social...