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This site provides researchers with summarized information on theories widely used in information systems (IS) research. Click on a linked theory name below to find details about the theory, some examples of IS papers using the theory, and links to related sites. Please feel free to summarize a theory, add to the information already present, correct errors, or suggest additional theories for the list. Theories yet to be summarized and theory submission guidelines can be found below. The editors of this site are Scott Schneberger and Mike Wade. Senior IS researcher site advisors are Sid Huff, Dan Robey, Carol Saunders, Geoff Walsham, and Jane Webster. All information on this site is presented under a GNU Free Documentation License].
Theories
(Theories still to be summarized marked with a *)
- Absorptive capacity theory
- Actor network theory
- Adaptive structuration theory
- Administrative behavior, theory of
- Agency theory
- Argumentation theory
- Boundary object theory
- Chaos theory
- Change theory *
- Cognitive dissonance theory
- Cognitive fit theory
- Cognitive load theory
- Communication theory *
- Competitive strategy (Porter)
- Complexity theory
- Conflict theory *
- Contingency theory
- Critical realism theory *
- Critical social theory
- Critical success factors, theory of
- Critical systems thinking theory *
- Decision theory *
- Deferred action, theory of
- Delone and McLean IS success model
- Design Theory *
- Diffusion of innovations theory
- Dynamic capabilities
- Ecology theory *
- Equity theory
- Evolutionary theory
- Expectation confirmation theory
- Feminism theory
- Fit-Viability theory
- Game theory
- Garbage can theory
- General systems theory
- Hermeneutics
- Illusion of control
- Impression management, theory of
- Information integration theory *
- Information processing theory
- Institutional theory
- Knowledge-based theory of the firm
- Language action perspective
- Lemon Market Theory
- Markus' IT power relationship *
- Media richness theory
- Organizational culture theory
- Organizational information processing theory
- Organizational knowledge creation
- Organizational learning theory
- Phenomenology theory *
- Portfolio theory *
- Process virtualization theory
- Prospect theory
- Punctuated equilibrium theory
- Real options theory
- Resistance, theories of *
- Resource-based view of the firm
- Resource dependency theory
- Self-efficacy theory
- Sensemaking, theory of *
- SERVQUAL
- Situated learning theory *
- Social capital theory
- Social cognitive theory
- Social exchange theory
- Social learning theory *
- Social network theory
- Social shaping of technology
- Socio-technical theory
- Soft systems theory
- Stakeholder theory
- Structuration theory
- Task closure theory
- Task-technology fit
- Technological frames of reference
- Technology acceptance model
- Technology dominance, theory of
- Technology-organization-environment framework
- Theory of planned behavior
- Theory of reasoned action
- Transaction cost economics
- Transactive memory theory
- Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology
- Work systems theory
- Yield shift theory of satisfaction
Top 5
The 5 most popular theories this month are...
- Diffusion of innovations theory
- Technology acceptance model
- Contingency theory
- Organizational culture theory
- Resource-based view of the firm
New theories
The following theories have been added in the last twelve months.
- Technology-organization-environment framework
- Process virtualization theory
- Lemon Market Theory
- Delone and McLean IS success model
- Cognitive load theory
- Impression management, theory of
- Organizational culture theory
- Yield shift theory of satisfaction
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Acknowledgements
THANK YOU!! to the following individuals who have added pages to this wiki (number of contributions in parentheses):
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