A social representations analysis of design science research

dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Rennie
dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Alta
dc.contributor.authorGerber, Aurona Jacoba
dc.contributor.authorHevner, Alan
dc.contributor.emailrennie.naidoo@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-28T08:13:47Z
dc.date.available2015-09-28T08:13:47Z
dc.date.issued2015-07
dc.description.abstractCompared to positivist survey and interpretive case study research, design science research (DSR) is a relatively novel and unfamiliar research paradigm within the computing eld in South Africa. In light of recent interest in the DSR paradigm, this study sought to investigate how local computing researchers familiarise themselves with an unfamiliar paradigm and what their perspectives of DSR are. Key theoretical concepts from social representations theory (SRT), such as `anchoring' and `objecti cation', were used to explore how researchers constructed their understanding of DSR. A visual approach was used to administer drawing and association tasks to two focus groups; each focus group comprised around 25 participants ranging from doctoral students to experienced researchers. The focus group discussions invoked interesting complementary and distinctive associations about the process and content of DSR, speci cally when anchored in dominant and conventional research practices. The results also illustrated several ways in which DSR is objecti ed in drawings and metaphorical constructions. This study concludes that SRT is useful for exploring beliefs about novel and relatively unfamiliar research practices. This study also contributes to an enhanced understanding of how computing researchers adapt to changing research practices. The ndings are developed into recommendations for introducing changes to research practices. These recommendations can be used to direct e orts to more appropriately accommodate changing research practices within the computing community to broaden knowledge generation.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2015en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe National Research Foundation (NRF) through the Knowledge Development Fund (KFD).en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_comp.htmlen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNaidoo, R, Van der Merwe, A, Gerber, A & Hevner, A 2015, 'A social representations analysis of design science research', South African Computer Journal, no. 56, pp.33-49.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1015-7999
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/50052
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherComputer Society of South Africaen_ZA
dc.rightsComputer Society of South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectAnchoringen_ZA
dc.subjectObjecticationen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial representations theoryen_ZA
dc.subjectVisual methodsen_ZA
dc.subjectDesign science research (DSR)en_ZA
dc.titleA social representations analysis of design science researchen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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