期刊名称：Journal of the Association for Information Systems
印刷版ISSN：1536-9323
出版年度：2012
卷号：13
期号：1
页码：2
出版社：Association for Information Systems
摘要：This paper articulates a framework and criteria that can be used to evaluate the quality of theories. While the framework and criteria have general applicability, my focus is the evaluation of theories within the information systems discipline. To illustrate the usefulness of the framework and criteria, I show how they can be employed to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of a theory which, based upon citation evidence, has had a significant impact on other researchers within the information systems discipline. Because the evaluation of existing theories often provides the basis for refining existing theories or building new theories, I also show how the framework and criteria can be used to inform the development of high-quality theory.
关键词：Theory Evaluation; Theory Refinement; Theory Building; Constructs; Associations; States; Events; Boundary Conditions; Theoretical Importance; Theoretical Novelty; Parsimony; Meso-Level Theory; Falsifiability.
