The Delphi Method Research Strategy in Studies of Information Systems

Skinner, Richard; Nelson, Reed E.; Chin, Wynne W.; Land, Lesley Pek Wee

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“…Since then, Delphi method has been widely proven as a suitable research tool both for prediction proposes and for developing scientific and technical knowledge (Linstone and Turoff, 1975;Skulmoski et al, 2007). For almost three decades (since 1980s), Delphi method has been used by IS scholars with different degrees of popularity (Skinner et al, 2015). Specifically, the method received an increasing attention, particularly from 2006 onwards (Gallego and Bueno, 2014;Pare et al, 2013).…”

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“…Scholars have often used and adapted it beyond its initial purpose (long-term prediction) to effectively meet the needs of IS research (Okoli and Pawlowski, 2004). W I" s, caution was advised regarding the use of the method to study some of the IS research topics and situations (Skinner et al, 2015;Skulmoski et al, 2007).…”

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“…The method enables researchers to address issues that require eliciting the experience and intuition of experts (Rowe and Wright, 2011). Nowadays, despite the changing in the method attractiveness during the 1980s and 1990s (Heiko, 2012;Skinner et al, 2015), the method has been gaining progressively a wider recognition as one of the most stable and fruitful research methods used in research, (Gallego and Bueno, 2014;Hasson and Keeney, 2011;Heiko, 2012;Rowe and Wright, 2011) A H T (Heiko, 2012(Heiko, , p.1526.…”

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“…Therefore, they are models for the research done by researchers less experienced in applying the Delphi method. The analysis of the method application process is relevant to develop learned lessons that shed light on how to make better decisions along the Delphi process when designing and performing IS studies (Day and Bobeva, 2005;Gallego and Bueno, 2014;Galliers and Huang, 2012;Skinner et al, 2015;Sarker, Xiao and Beaulieu, 2013).…”

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“…According to prior research, only those studies that show four generic characteristics should be classified as Delphi studies (Rowe and Wright, 1999;Skinner et al, 2015). These characteristics are given as follows (adapted from Strasser (2017)):…”

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It still remains a challenge for members of a virtual team to share or exchange information with one another. This is despite the benefits of information sharing on a team's performance, which include overcoming bias and making better decisions. One of the primary reasons for the lack of information exchange might be the difficulty of a team member in eliciting their unique information, which remains tacit. This study aims to examine this issue by testing the efficacy of two cognitive based techniques: Delphi and Repertory Grid, in eliciting such unique information. Our results indicate that groups using either technique (Delphi and Repertory Grid) elicited more unshared/unique information than the control group that was using none. But more importantly, our findings indicate that the Repertory Grid technique helped capture more unique information from members of a virtual team than the Delphi technique.

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