Meeting in the middle: bridging the practice research divide from both sides

dc.contributor.authorNagle, Tadhg
dc.contributor.authorSammon, David
dc.contributor.authorDoyle, Cathal
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-12T15:31:56Z
dc.date.available2017-12-12T15:31:56Z
dc.date.issued2016-06
dc.date.updated2017-12-12T15:11:23Z
dc.description.abstractThe need for IS research to be more impactful and interesting has long been debated with fruitful discussions but disappointing results in narrowing the significant divide between IS Practice and IS Re-search. While a number of solutions have been explored, the concept of the Practitioner Researcher has only recently gained traction in the domain. With the objective of providing pragmatic guidance into bridging the divide, this research explores the concept of a Practitioner Researcher, from both the academic and practitioner side of the divide. In doing so, an exploratory case study was implemented and included a 24 month journey for 18 practitioners and their 2 academic mentors in becoming Practitioner Researchers. Key outputs from the study include an explicit description of the bridging actions for both the academics and practitioners as well as the shared understanding that is vital in crossing the practice research divide. In addition, it was found that Design Research provided an excellent platform to build a shared understanding between the academic mentors and practitioners in the study. Moreover, the importance of this shared understanding is detailed, as without it the ability to become a Practitioner Researcher is severely limited.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationNagle, T., Sammon, D., and Doyle, C. (2016) 'Meeting in the middle: Bridging the practice research divide from both sides', ECIS 2016: Twenty-Fourth European Conference on Information Systems, Istanbul, Turkey,12-15 June, AISeL Research Papers, 158 (133pp). https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2016_rp/158en
dc.identifier.endpage158-13en
dc.identifier.journaltitleECIS 2016 Proceedings, AISeL Research Papersen
dc.identifier.startpage158-1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5163
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAIS Electronic Library (AISeL)en
dc.relation.ispartofECIS 2016: Twenty-Fourth European Conference on Information Systems
dc.relation.urihttps://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2016_rp/158
dc.rights© 2016, the authors.en
dc.subjectPractitioner researcheren
dc.subjectDesign Science Researchen
dc.subjectBridging actionsen
dc.subjectShared understandingen
dc.subjectIS Researchen
dc.subjectIS practiceen
dc.subjectInformation Systemsen
dc.titleMeeting in the middle: bridging the practice research divide from both sidesen
dc.typeConference itemen
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