Four paradigms of information systems development
Communications of the ACM
Technological frames: making sense of information technology in organizations
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS) - Special issue on social science perspectives on IS
Power over users: its exercise by system professionals
Communications of the ACM
Information systems development and data modeling: conceptual and philosophical foundations
Information systems development and data modeling: conceptual and philosophical foundations
Software failure: management failure: amazing stories and cautionary tales
Software failure: management failure: amazing stories and cautionary tales
Empirical research in information systems: the practice of relevance
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
A set of principles for conducting and evaluating interpretive field studies in information systems
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Representations and actions: the transformation of work practices with IT use
Information and Organization
Information and Organization
A framework for understanding creativity in requirements engineering
Information and Software Technology
Essential competencies for technochange management: Towards an assessment model
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
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The primary objective of this research was to investigate the behaviour of information systems (IS) developers during the IS development (ISD) process using the four-paradigm framework of Hirschheim et al. (1995), who introduced this approach to uncover the relationships between developers' assumptions and concomitant behaviours. The central issue is whether this four-paradigm framework can be operationalised to categorise the behaviours of IS developers. Using case studies of three UK National Health Service organisations in the North of England, we focus on the behavioural rather than the cognitive (assumptions) aspect of the four-paradigm approach. We employ a multi-method research design based on document analysis, structured interviews and participant observation in both formal and informal project settings. Our findings suggest that the four-paradigm approach is capable of classifying developer behaviour. We identify the existence of multiple paradigms in the ISD process and explore the effects of a dominant paradigm on developers' behaviours.