Professor Dirk Hovorka is currently involved in three research streams: 1.) Fundamentals of IS research and design science research; 2.) Knowledge production in business and science disciplines using latent semantic analysis, 3.) Service oriented information systems. Contact Dr Hovorka at dhovorka@bond.edu.au
Articles
Quantitative approaches to content analysis: Identifying conceptual drift across publication outlets (with M Indulska and J Recker), European Journal of Information Systems (2011)
Secondary design: A case of behavioral design research (with M Germonprez and U Gal), Journal of the Association of Information Systems (2011)
Untangling causality in design science theorizing (with Shirley Gregor), 5th biennial ANU workshop on information systems foundations: (2010)
Although Design Science Research aims to create new knowledge through design and evaluation of artefacts,...
Analyzing unstructured text data: using latent categorization to identify intellectual communities in information systems (with Kai R. Larsen, David E. Monarchi, and Christopher N. Bailey), Decision Support Systems (2008)
The Information Systems field is structured by the research topics emphasized by communities of journals....
Explanation in information systems (with Matt Germonprez and Kai R. Larsen), Information Systems Journal (2008)
Explanation of observed phenomena is a major objective of both those who conduct and those...
Book Chapters
Information systems in environmental sustainability: Of cannibals and forks (with E. Labajo and Nancy A. Auerbach), Beyond efficiency – Business process management for the sustainable enterprise (2011)
That individuals, communities, and organizations need to change patterns of behavior and interactions to create...
Reflecting, tinkering, and tailoring: Implications for theories of information systems design (with Matt Germonprez), Reframing humans in information systems development (2011)
The design and embedding of technical artifacts in complex task, social, and organizational environments is...
The generative potential of community-based geographic information systems (with N A. Auerbach), Positive design and appreciative construction: From sustainable development to sustainable value (2010)
An expanded perspective on Information System design paradigms reveals that information systems have a generative...
The information service view (with Matt Germonprez), Information technology in the service economy: Challenges and possibilities for the 21st Century: IFIP TC 8 WG 8.2 (2008)
Design theorizing: A Kantian inquiring approach (with Matt Germonprez), Perspectives on information management -- Information management: Setting the scene (2007)
Conference Papers
Secondary Design: A Case of Community Participation (with Matt Germonprez), AMCIS 2011 Proceedings - All Submissions (2011)
Online communities often rely on the loyalty and time of community members to donate energy...
Causality: The elephant in the room in information systems epistemology (with Shirley Gregor), Presented at the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (2011)
Causal reasoning is central to scientific practice and to everyday life, yet has received scant...
Moving beyond IS identity: Concepts and discourses, Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems: ICIS 2010 Proceedings (2010)
The ongoing debate about the identity of the Information Systems (IS) discipline is examined from...
Reframing interpretivism and positivism as understanding and explanation: Consequences for information systems research (with Allen S. Lee), Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems: ICIS 2010 Proceedings (2010)
This research offers a new perspective by reframing the positivist-interpretive debate as a distinction between...
Building Community Sustainability with Geographic Information Systems (with Nancy A. Auerbach), AMCIS 2010 Proceedings (2010)
Conceptualization of Green IS must look beyond the limited horizon of profit-driven corporate sustainability to...