TY - CHAP

T1 - Clustering design science research based on the nature of the designed artifact

AU - Laine, Joakim

AU - Zimmer, Markus Philipp

AU - Minkkinen, Matti

AU - Salmela, Hannu

AU - Mäntymäki, Matti

N1 - Conference code: 21

PY - 2022/1/1

Y1 - 2022/1/1

N2 - During the past two decades, Design Science Research (DSR) has become a central research paradigm in information systems (IS) science. It provides a possibility for researchers to contribute to their field’s existing knowledge base by abstracting knowledge from constructing and using design artifacts. DSR scholars have classified their research paradigm by its potential knowledge contributions looking into dimensions such as researcher role, research activity, and knowledge type. Despite the central role of design artifacts in DSR, we know little about the role of these artifacts for DSR’s knowledge contribution. We therefore extend the discussion on DSR knowledge contributions to the nature of design artifacts, asking how the nature of design artifacts clusters DSR research and its potential knowledge contributions. To answer this research question, we conducted a literature review of DSR research and selected a sample of 20 papers published during the years 2017–2021 in four major IS journals. We found that the nature of the design artifact forms clusters of knowledge contribution and research activity. Our study suggests a relationship between design artifacts, abstractions of knowledge from these artifacts and the conducted research activities. We acknowledge that this relationship stems from a relatively small sample of DSR studies and propose that further research is needed to confirm our findings.

AB - During the past two decades, Design Science Research (DSR) has become a central research paradigm in information systems (IS) science. It provides a possibility for researchers to contribute to their field’s existing knowledge base by abstracting knowledge from constructing and using design artifacts. DSR scholars have classified their research paradigm by its potential knowledge contributions looking into dimensions such as researcher role, research activity, and knowledge type. Despite the central role of design artifacts in DSR, we know little about the role of these artifacts for DSR’s knowledge contribution. We therefore extend the discussion on DSR knowledge contributions to the nature of design artifacts, asking how the nature of design artifacts clusters DSR research and its potential knowledge contributions. To answer this research question, we conducted a literature review of DSR research and selected a sample of 20 papers published during the years 2017–2021 in four major IS journals. We found that the nature of the design artifact forms clusters of knowledge contribution and research activity. Our study suggests a relationship between design artifacts, abstractions of knowledge from these artifacts and the conducted research activities. We acknowledge that this relationship stems from a relatively small sample of DSR studies and propose that further research is needed to confirm our findings.

KW - Business informatics

KW - Design Science Research

KW - Design artifact

KW - classification

KW - Methodology

KW - Literature review

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137998816&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/55eab8a7-9083-31cf-b442-4a9919ccebb5/

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-15342-6_20

DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-15342-6_20

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-3-031-15341-9

SN - 978-3-031-15343-3

T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science

SP - 254

EP - 266

BT - The Role of Digital Technologies in Shaping the Post Pandemic World

A2 - Papagiannidis, Savvas

A2 - Alamanos, Eleftherios

A2 - Gupta, Suraksha

A2 - Dwivedi, Yogesh K.

A2 - Mäntymäki, Matti

A2 - Pappas, Ilias O.

PB - Springer Schweiz

CY - Cham

T2 - 21st IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society - I3E 2022

Y2 - 13 September 2022 through 14 September 2022

ER -