Empirical research in information systems: The practice of relevance

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Benbasat, I; Zmud, RW
• 署名单位: University of British Columbia; University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman
• 刊物名称: MIS QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0276-7783
• DOI: 10.2307/249403
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 3-16
• 关键词: diversity

摘要

This commentary discusses why most IS academic research today lacks relevance to practice and suggests tactics, procedures, and guidelines that the IS academic community might follow in their research efforts and articles to introduce relevance to practitioners. The commentary begins by defining what is meant by relevancy in the context of academic research. It then explains why there is a lack of attention to relevance within the IS scholarly literature. Next, actions that can be taken to make relevance a more central aspect of IS research and to communicate implications of IS research more effectively to IS professionals are suggested.