webster & watson - How to write a LR - MISQ How To Write A Literature Review | Page 10

Webster & Watson/Guest Editorial

Acknowledgments
We thank Brent Gallupe, Terri Griffith, Dorothy Leidner, Ji-Ye Mao, Shan Ling Pan, Dan Robey, Mikko
Siponen, and Dov Te'eni for their comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Their insights and experiences
added considerable valuable.

References
Alavi, M., and Leidner, D. E. “Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Systems:
Conceptual Foundations and Research Issues,” MIS Quarterly (25:1), March 2001, pp. 107-136.
Allison, G. T. “Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis,” The American Political Science Review
(63:3), 1969, pp. 689-718.
Bacharach, S. B. “Organizational Theories: Some Criteria for Evaluation,” Academy of Management
Review (14:4) 1989, pp 496-515.
Bem, D. J. “Writing a Review Article for Psychological Bulletin,” Psychological Bulletin (118:2), 1995, pp.
172-177.
Daft, R. L. “Why I Recommended That Your Manuscript Be Rejected and What You Can Do About It,” in
Publishing in the Organizational Sciences, L. L. Cummings and P. J. Frost (eds.), Irwin, Homewood,
IL, 1985, pp. 193-209.
Davis, M. S. “That’s Interesting!,” Philosophy of Social Science (1), 1971, pp. 309-344.
DeLone, W. H., and McLean, E. R. “Information Systems Success: The Quest for the Dependent
Variable,” Information Systems Research (3:1), 1992, pp. 60-95.
DiMaggio, P. J. “Comments on ‘What Theory Is Not’,” Administrative Science Quarterly (40:3), 1995, pp.
391-397.
Gay, L. R., and Diehl, P. L. Research Methods for Business and Management, Macmillan, New York,
1992, pp. xxiv, 679.
Griffith, T. L. “Technology Features as Triggers for Sensemaking,” Academy of Management Review
(24:3), 1999, pp. 472-488.
Iivari, J., Hirschheim, R. A., and Klein, H. K. “A Paradigmatic Analysis Contrasting Information Systems
Development Approaches and Methodologies,” Information Systems Research (9:2), 1998, pp. 164193.
Langley, A. “Strategies for Theorizing from Process Data,” Academy of Management Review (24:4), 1999,
pp. 691-710.
Lewis, M. W., and Grimes, A. J. “Metatriangulations: Building Theory from Multiple Paradigms,” Academy
of Management Review (24:4), 1999, pp. 672-690.
Malone, T. W., and Crowston, K. “The Interdisciplinary Study of Coordination,” ACM Computing Surveys
(26:1), 1994, pp. 87-119.
Markus, M. L., and Robey, D. “Information Technology and Organizational Change: Causal Structure in
Theory and Research,” Management Science (34:5), 1988, pp. 583-598.
McGrath, J. E. “Dilemmatics: The Study of Research Choices and Dilemmas,” in Judgment Calls in
Research, J. E. McGrath, J. Martin, and R. A. Kulka (eds.), Sage, Beverly Hills, CA, 1982, pp. 69-102.
Mohr, L. B. Explaining Organizational Behavior (1st ed.), Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1982, pp. xv, 260.
Moorman, C., and Miner, A. S. “Organizational Improvisation and Organizational Memory,” Academy of
Management Review (23:4), 1998, pp. 698-723.
Newman, M., and Sabherwal, R. “Information Systems Development: Four Process Scenarios with Case
Studies,” Journal of Information Systems (5:1), 1991.
Parsons, T., and Shils, E. A. Toward a General Theory of Action, Harper & Row, New York, 1962.

xxii

MIS Quarterly Vol. 26 No. 2/June 2002