An Inductive Approach to Documenting the "Core" and Evolution of the IS Field

摘要: This article inductively examines the question of IS field’s core. We argue that as a socially constructed field, core aspects can be identified from work conducted and published by members community. The abstracts (including titles) 1,197 studies in three premier journals for past 26 years were examined to identify field explore its evolving nature with help neural network software analysis tool. contextual, transitory, are through 267,034 words knowledge base constructed. results show both stability evolution field. sufficient commonality on slightly different preferences research topics methods. Given diverse we believe such retrospective descriptive study document evidence “core” facilitate better understanding