An Analysis Framework to Assess IS Papers' Consideration of Boundary Conditions

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Drechsler, Andreas ; Hönigsberg, Sarah ; Watkowski, Laura Marie-Luise:
An Analysis Framework to Assess IS Papers' Consideration of Boundary Conditions.
In: Proceedings of the 31st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). - Montréal, Canada , 2025

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We develop a framework to investigate how well top IS journal papers consider boundary conditions when scoping the research, drawing on extant knowledge, or developing and (design) theorizing the findings. Boundary conditions are assumptions about values, time, and space that specify the conditions for relationships in an explanatory theory to hold true until falsified. Despite this prominent role, boundary conditions are one theory component that – unlike constructs, variables, and the relationships between them – have received surprisingly little explicit attention in the literature. Similar considerations exist in design-oriented research around the tension between abstract artefacts / design theories and their applicability to specific contexts. Insufficient attention to boundary conditions may lead to IS research drawing on unsuitable knowledge or making unreflected or too grand claims for the validity, accuracy, or applicability of their findings. We plan to draw on the framework to analyze IS research papers in the future.

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Item Type:	Article in a book
Refereed:	Yes
Keywords:	Boundary conditions; IS research; theorizing; design theorizing; analysis framework
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Chair Business Administration VII - Information Systems Management and Digital Society Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Chair Business Administration VII - Information Systems Management and Digital Society > Chair Business Administration VII - Information Systems Management and Digital Society - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Torsten Eymann Research Institutions Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes > Branch Business and Information Systems Engineering of Fraunhofer FIT Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes > FIM Research Center for Information Management
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	000 Computer Science, information, general works > 004 Computer science 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2025 13:14
Last Modified:	02 Jun 2025 13:14
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/93872