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A New Taxonomy for Developing and Testing Theories

In: Emerging Themes in Information Systems and Organization Studies

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  • Pertti Järvinen

    (University of Tampere)

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Colquitt and Zapata-Phelan [1] developed taxonomy for classifying empirical studies depending on whether a theory to be tested was nascent or mature. They also thought that one and the same theory to be tested could contain parts from both nascent and mature theories. In this paper we separated development of the theory to be tested from its empirical test. We found that development of the theory can be grounded on data or earlier theoretical concepts and their relationships. We also differentiated the first test of the new theory from its repetitive test. Based on those building blocks we succeeded to build a new taxonomy for theory building and testing. We shall also show how our taxonomy can be strengthened by formative validity and summative validity and can be extended by taking dissensus into account.

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  • Pertti Järvinen, 2011. "A New Taxonomy for Developing and Testing Theories," Springer Books, in: Andrea Carugati & Cecilia Rossignoli (ed.), Emerging Themes in Information Systems and Organization Studies, pages 21-32, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-7908-2739-2_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2739-2_3
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