Different IS Research Communities: Are They Competitors, Complements, or Ignoring Each Other?

Abstract

The paper is based on an ICIS 2002 panel on the role of four different IS Research communities with regard to • topic choice, • project/study acquisition, • research strategy, • respondents and site access, and • expected, measurable outcome and dissemination channel. Although differences are clear and although a probably healthy degree of competition among the communities cannot be denied, at the end all panelists expressed the need for more complementarity and thus cooperation among the different communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]