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The scholarly influence of Heinz Klein: ideational and social measures of his impact on IS research and IS scholars

Vidgen, Richard; Takeda, Hirotoshi; Cuellar, Michael; Truex, Duane (2011), The scholarly influence of Heinz Klein: ideational and social measures of his impact on IS research and IS scholars, European Journal of Information Systems, 20, 4, p. 422–439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2011.16

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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2011
Journal name
European Journal of Information Systems
Volume
20
Number
4
Publisher
Palgrave
Pages
422–439
Publication identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2011.16
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Author(s)
Vidgen, Richard
Takeda, Hirotoshi
Cuellar, Michael
Truex, Duane
Abstract (EN)
Heinz Klein was a fine scholar and mentor whose work and life have inspired us to explore the notion of ‘scholarly influence’ which we cast as ‘ideational’ and ‘social influence’. We adopt a portfolio of measures approach, using the Hirsch family of statistics to assess ideational influence and Social Network Analysis centrality measures for social influence to profile Heinz Klein's contribution to information systems (IS) research. The results show that Heinz was highly influential in both ideational terms (a significant body of citations) and social terms (he is close to the heart of the IS research community). Reflecting on the major research themes and scholarly values espoused by Klein we define a ‘Kleinian view of IS research’, grounded in Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action, and use that to frame four affirmative propositions to address what we observe to be a distortion and attenuation of the academic discourse on the evaluation of scholarly production. This paper argues that focus should be shifted from the venue of publication of the research to the uptake of the ideas contained in it, thus increasing the openness of the discourse, participation in the discourse, truthfulness, and reduction of the inequities in power distribution within academia.
Subjects / Keywords
Heinz Klein; Social network analysis; Lexical analysis; critical social theory; ideational influence; Social influence
JEL
L86 - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software

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