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Evaluating and Developing Theories in the Information Systems Discipline
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This paper articulates a framework and criteria that can be used to evaluate the quality of theories. While the framework and criteria have general applicability, my focus is the evaluation of theories within the information systems discipline. To illustrate the usefulness of the framework and criteria, I show how they can be employed to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of a theory which, based upon citation evidence, has had a significant impact on other researchers within the information systems discipline. Because the evaluation of existing theories often provides the basis for refining existing theories or building new theories, I also show how the framework and criteria can be used to inform the development of high-quality theory.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Monash University, & Weber, R.
- Affiliations
- CPA Australia (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Weber, Ron
- ORCID
- Weber, Ron
- Venue
- Journal of the Association for Information Systems
- Publisher
- Association for Information Systems
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-30
- ISSN
- 1536-9323 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W110163661
- Cited by
- 344
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 37 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 29 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 97.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of the Association for Information Systems (publishedVersion)
- Journal of the Association for Information Systems (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Australian National University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategies and Management Research
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Keywords
- theory evaluation, theory development, information systems theory, evaluation criteria, citation analysis, theory refinement, research quality
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