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Embracing contrarian thinking: value-reflexive research for a better world
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Editorial
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Markus Philipp Zimmer, Polyxeni Vassilakopoulou, Miria Grisot & Marko Niemimaa
| Scientific progress relies on contrarian thinking that questions assumptions shaping how scholars frame, study, or theorize phenomena. Unexamined, such assumptions perpetuate the same views, practices … |
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Research Article
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Narges Safari & Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn
| Although a fundamental human right, access to justice remains a persistent predicament that disproportionately impacts the most vulnerable in society. The challenge is particularly evident in personal … |
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Jingjing Zhang, Farkhondeh Hassandoust & Allen C. Johnston
| A long-standing assumption in health information technology research is that health empowerment comes at the expense of privacy, a trade-off that has shaped how Smart Health Monitoring Systems (SHMSs) … |
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Netta Iivari, Leena Ventä-Olkkonen, Heidi Hartikainen, Sumita Sharma, Essi Lehto & others
| Marginalization, oppression, and injustice remain deep-rooted challenges facing the world today. Information Systems (IS) scholars could make a difference and try to make the world a better place; how … |
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Research article
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Cristina Mihale-Wilson, Patrick Felka & Oliver Hinz
| The digital divide remains one of the pressing challenges, as it persists in both developed and developing regions. Recent events that required a sudden and radical shift from offline to online have b … |
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Research Article
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Panagiotis Keramidis & Arisa Shollo
| The business value of Information Systems (IS) is one of the most prominent topics in IS research and the collective effort of scholars interested in this topic has offered a thorough understanding of … |
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Research article
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Qin Weng & Wendy Wang
| The ubiquity and integration of technology into daily life have blurred the boundaries of where technology ends and an individual begins. This cyborg existence necessitates a better understanding of h … |
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Issues and Opinions
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Bernd Carsten Stahl
| Value sensitive design (VSD) is a well-established approach used to integrate considerations of ethical, moral, and other values into the development of digital technologies and information systems. I … |
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