MOCHAMAD RISNANDA

KELAS HA

SISTEM DAN TEKNOLOGI

INFORMASI

THEORITICAL CONSTURCTS AND RELATIONSHIPS IN INFORMATION

SYSTEMS RESEARCH
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS ENDEAVOR IS TO OFFER A BROAD PERSPECTIVE ON THE
NATURE OF THE CONSTRUCTS AND RELATIONSHIPS EXPLORED IN IS RESEARCH
AND TO DEVELOP A NOMOLOGICAL NETWORK OF THE MOST SALIENT
RELATIONSHIPS THAT CAN THEN SERVE TO GUIDE FUTURE RESEARCH AND TO
LEND SUPPORT TO NEW AND EXISTING THEORY.
INTRODUCTION

ANALYSIS IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT OVER TIME THE RESULTS OF

EMPIRICAL TESTING YIELD A GROWING BODY OF KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN
SERVE TO UNDERSCORE THOSE THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS THAT ARE
PROVING MOST ROBUST, TO IDENTIFY EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED
RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE IN NEED OF MORE SUBSTANTIVE THEORETICAL
EXPLANATION, AND TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THOSE AREAS WHERE BOTH
THEORY AND EMPIRICAL TESTING ARE LACKING.
BACKGROUND

THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTS AND RELATIONSHIPS

THUS, BUILDING ON THE RICHNESS OF THE EXTANT IS LITERATURE, WE
UNDER- TAKE TO EXPLORE THE CONSTRUCTS AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE
BEEN EXAMINED IN THE EMPIRICAL WORK WITHIN THE FIELD
NOMOLOGICAL NETWORKS

THIS EXPECTATION IS THEREFORE EXPLORED IN THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS

WITH THE BROAD CONCLU- SION BEING THAT THE IT ARTIFACT IS, AS
EXPECTED, A RICHLY DEVELOPED CONSTRUCT OF CENTRAL IMPORTANCE IN
THE LARGE SAMPLE OF RESEARCH THAT WE EXAMINE.
ANALYSIS OF EMPIRICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
RESEARCH

THE METHOD & RESULT

DISCUSION

THIS WORK CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY SUPPORT OTHER THEORY DEVELOPMENT

WORK BY YIELDING IMPORTANT EXTENSIONS TO THE NETWORKS THAT WE
OFFER. THIRD, RESEARCHERS WHO ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE CUR-
RENT FRAMING OF THE DISCIPLINE MAY SEEK TO EXTEND THE NOMOLOGICAL
NETWORK TO PLACE GREATER EMPHASIS ON OTHER CONSTRUCTS OR
INCORPORATE NEW CONSTRUCTS. FINALLY, THERE IS A NEED IN A NUMBER OF
CASES TO DEVELOP AND LINK THE THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS THAT WE
USE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE DEPICTED IN THESE
NOMOLOGICAL NETWORK
 CONCLUSION

AS HAS BEEN NOTED, GOOD THEORY REQUIRES THAT SUBSTANTIVE THEORETICAL

EXPLANA - TIONS BE OFFERED FOR WHY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CONSTRUCTS
EXIST AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES THEY ARE MOST AND LEAST LIKELY TO
BE FOUND
THIS CHALLENGE THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU THE READER. WE ENCOURAGE
YOU TO READ FURTHER IN THIS VOLUME IN PURSUIT OF MORE AND BETTER
THEORY.