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The Primary Scientific Contribution Is Hardly a Theory in Design Science Research (2021)

Siponen, M., & Klaavuniemi, T. (2021). The Primary Scientific Contribution Is Hardly a Theory in Design Science Research. In L. C. Kruse, S. Seidel, & G. I. Hausvik (Eds.), DESRIST 2021 : The proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology. The Next Wave of Sociotechnical Design (pp. 137-146). Springer. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12807. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82405-1_16

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Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Siponen, Mikko; Klaavuniemi, Tuula

Emojulkaisu: DESRIST 2021 : The proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology. The Next Wave of Sociotechnical Design

Emojulkaisun toimittajat: Kruse, Leona Chandra; Seidel, Stefan; Hausvik, Geir Inge

Konferenssin paikka ja aika: Kristiansand, Norway, 4.-6.8.2021

ISBN: 978-3-030-82404-4

eISBN:  978-3-030-82405-1

Lehti tai sarja: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

ISSN: 0302-9743

eISSN: 1611-3349

Julkaisuvuosi: 2021

Sarjan numero: 12807

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 137-146

Kirjan kokonaissivumäärä: 400

Kustantaja: Springer

Julkaisumaa: Sveitsi

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82405-1_16

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/77228

Tiivistelmä

Generally, to publish a paper in a top IS journal, making a new theory contribution is, so we are told, required. Such a requirement also exists in Design Science Research (DSR) literature. We review a number of claims about the necessity of theory as it applies to DSR. We find these claims wanting. For example, medical research and engineering are both called “design science” in Simon’s(1996) Sciences of the Artificial. However, most articles in the top medical, computer engineering, and network engineering journals do not develop new theories. Unless the proponents of theories, as the primary vehicle of scientific DSR knowledge, can offer a satisfactory argument for why theories are the primary scientific contribution, we do not have to regard ‘theory’ as the primary outcome of good scientific research in DSR. If we are correct, then theory is not valuable in its own right in (applied) science, as theory serves higher purposes.

YSO-asiasanat: tiede; tutkimus; tieteenteoria; tieteellinen tieto; teoriat

Vapaat asiasanat: theory; design science research

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OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2021

JUFO-taso: 1