MIS Legitimacy and the Proposition of a New Multi-dimensional Model of MIS

Authors

Gondy Leroy, Claremont Graduate UniversityFollow
Paul Benjamin Lowry, City University of Hong Kong
H. Wayne Anderson, University of Arizona
Dennis C. Wilson, University of Arizona
Lin Lin, University of Arizona

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Department

Information Systems and Technology (CGU)

Publication Date

2000

Disciplines

Databases and Information Systems | Management Information Systems

Abstract

This paper addresses the definition of MIS and the legitimacy of MIS as an academic discipline. Both sides of the MIS legitimacy debate are presented, with the authors embracing the diversity of MIS as a strength that enhances the legitimacy of the MIS discipline. Based on the diversity theory of MIS, the authors propose a new-multidimensional model of MIS that presents a new way of looking at the discipline and the researchers who work in it.

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© 2000 Gondy Leroy, Paul Benjamin Lowry, H. Wayne Anderson, Dennis C. Wilson, and Lin Lin

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Recommended Citation

P. B. Lowry, H. W. Anderson, D. C. Wilson, G. Leroy, and L. Lin, "MIS Legitimacy and the Proposition of a New Multi-dimensional Model of MIS," presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS), Atlanta, GA 2000.