Research Agenda for Studying Open Source II: View Through the Lens of Referent Discipline Theories

Authors

Ashley R. Davis, San Jose State UniversityFollow
Fred Niederman, St. Louis University
Martina E. Greiner, University of Georgia
Donald Wynn, University of Georgia
Paul T. York, University of Georgia

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Publication Title

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volume

18

Issue Number

8

First Page

150

Last Page

175

Disciplines

Business

Abstract

In a companion paper [Niederman et al., 2006] we presented a multi-level research agenda for studying information systems using open source software. This paper examines open source in terms of MIS and referent discipline theories that are the base needed for rigorous study of the research agenda.

Comments

Copyright © 2006 Association for Information Systems.

Recommended Citation

Ashley R. Davis, Fred Niederman, Martina E. Greiner, Donald Wynn, and Paul T. York. "Research Agenda for Studying Open Source II: View Through the Lens of Referent Discipline Theories" Communications of the Association for Information Systems 18.8 (2006): 150-175.