View Item 

A longitudinal study of information systems research in Australia

Access Status
Fulltext not available
Authors
Pervan, Graham
Shanks, G.
Date
2008
Type
Book Chapter

Metadata
Show full item record
Citation
Pervan, Graham and Shanks, Graeme. 2008. A longitudinal study of information systems research in Australia. In Gable, Guy G. and Gregor, Shirley and Clarke, Roger and Ridley, Gail and Smyth, Robert (ed) The Information Systems Academic Discipline in Australia, pp295-305. The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 AUSTRALIA: ANU ePress.
Source Title
The Information Systems Academic Discipline in Australia
Additional URLs
Faculty
Curtin Business School
School of Information Systems
Remarks

The materials on the publisher's web site are the copyright of The Australian National University or are reproduced with permission from other copyright owners.

All electronic versions have been prepared by ANU E Press. All rights are reserved

URI
Collection
Abstract

This paper reports a longitudinal study that explores the state of Information Systems (IS) research in Australia. A series of surveys was distributed to the heads of all IS discipline groups in Australian universities in 2004, 2005 and 2006. The study highlights the current state of IS research in Australia from the 2006 survey and analyses the trends in IS research over the last few years. The study revealed a wide range of topics researched (with rapid growth in Electronic Commerce and Knowledge Management), a range of foci, a balance between positivist and interpretivist research, survey was the most frequently used research method, and most research was directed at informing IS professionals. A SWOT analysis identified the growing importance of industry relevance and collaboration. Research performance, measured by publication output and research grant income, is shown to be improving, but is dominated by universities from the Sandstone/Redbrick and Unitech sectors, and overall does not compare favourably with other disciplines.