@inproceedings{NurhasGeislerPawlowski2019, author = {Irawan Nurhas and Stefan Geisler and Jan M. Pawlowski}, title = {Why Should the Q-method Be Integrated Into the Design Science Research? A Systematic Mapping Study}, volume = {2019}, publisher = {Association for Information Systems}, url = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1393-opus4-5671}, year = {2019}, abstract = {The Q-method has been utilized over time in various areas, including information systems. In this study, we used a systematic mapping to illustrate how the Q-method was applied within Information Systems (IS) community and proposing towards integration of Q-method into the Design Sciences Research (DSR) process as a tool for future research DSR-based IS studies. In this mapping study, we collected peer-reviewed journals from Basket-of-Eight journals and the digital library of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). Then we grouped the publications according to the process of DSR, and different variables for preparing Q-method from IS publications. We found that the potential of the Q-methodology can be used to support each main research stage of DSR processes and can serve as the useful tool to evaluate a system in the IS topic of system analysis and design}, language = {en} }