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14.2 Related Work
Following the recommendations of Webster and Watson [2002], our literature analysis
targeted leading IS research outlets. We selected ten journals 20 based on a catalog provided
by the London School of Economics [Willcocks, Whitley, Avgerou 2008]. Our
keyword search resulted in 292 articles, of which we found 26 to be relevant, including
in a backward search ( Abb. 33).
Abb. 33: Results of literature analysis
In general, each of the identified publications target one of three subsequent objectives.
The first group, rooted in psychology, designs techniques for user-group segmentation.
All these concepts deal with cognitive style. That is the way in which individuals
tend to grasp information (e.g., quantitatively vs. qualitatively) and how they
apply this information when making decisions (e.g., logical argumentation vs. intuition).
Examples are the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator [Myers 1976] or Witkins concept
of field dependence/field independence [Witkin et al. 1977].
The second group covers the characterization of user groups. Two different approaches
exist. Either the studies apply the techniques employed in the first group to explore
20 MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Information & Management, Journal of Management Information
Systems, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, Information & Organization,
Information Systems Journal, Journal of Organizational and End-User Computing, and Journal of Information
Technology.