Despite the call for pluralism in IS research there is a lack of multi-method research published ininformation systems journals. While many researchers might find the idea of using multiple methodsattractive, there are barriers that prevent them from employing this approach in practice. In this...

This paper investigates the drivers of support for market mechanisms (competition and optimizing behavior by agents). We elicit such attitudes using concrete and simplified situations where respondents face a tradeoff between an economically efficient situation and a pro-social objective. We...

"Before industrialization, traditional communities - families, local neighborhoods, and religious groups - were meant to safeguard their members from risks like poverty. As the transition into industrialization produced new risks or generalized previously limited risks, this fallback system...