我国一部分有关信息系统研究的文献还停留在运用实证分析的方法测试国外学者的观点及其建立的理论模型这一层面上.这些植根于欧美发达国家社会环境中的理论和模型,不能够完全适应中国目前高速发展的经济环境和社会文化环境.本文从信息系统研究的哲学基础出发,论证定量和定性这两种方法的不同.针对某些研究者青睐定量研究方法这一现象,提出定量或者定性方法的选择应基于哲学的角度,准确地辨别研究对象的差异,针对不同研究目的、需求和研究环境,选择正确的研究方法和途径,从而充分发挥定量和定性研究方法的优势,建立适合于我国经济发展现状的理论模型.%A large number of Information Systems (IS) researches in China adopt a positivist epistemological perspective and aim at testing existing concepts, models, and theories, which are very often rooted in the social context of Western countries and are established by mainly Western scholars. Thus, these models and theories are usually not entirely applicable to the economical, social and cultural environment of China. This paper discusses the differences between qualitative and quantitative research approaches on the basis of in-depth exploration and discussion of the philosophical foundation of IS research. The conclusion advocate that the selection of quantitative or qualitative research approaches, methods and techniques must be based on a clear identification of the philosophical perspective of an IS project, in accordance with the aims, questions, requirements of research as well as the research context. In this way, advantages of both research approaches can be fully operationalized and applied for the purposes of either developing, or verifying models and theories grounded in the current situation of Chinese social, economic and political development.
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