Researching Accounting as an Information Systems Discipline is the culmination of over two years of work by the Information Systems Section. The AIS research monograph is intended to fulfill the needs of three primary sets of stakeholders in the IS section. The first objective is to provide a source book for use in AIS doctoral seminars. This objective includes a desire to provide a valuable synthesis of the literature to facilitatte broad coverage of the AIS domain within the short confines of semester- or quarter-length courses and to motivate doctoral students to pursue studies in AIS research. The second objective is to provide a guide for existing faculty to maintain the currency of their knowledge in AIS research and to spark some new ideas for future research -- particularly in the emerging frontiers. The third objective is to provide a guide to AIS research that facilitates non-AIS research faculty in the re-tooling process necessary to transform their research programs to the AIS domain, if they should so choose.

The monograph includes the following papers:

Foundations and Frameworks for AIS Research by Steve Sutton and Vicky Arnold

Ontological Issues in Accounting Information Systems by Ron Weber

Design Science: An REA Perspective on the Future of AIS by Julie Smith David, Gregory J. Gerard, and William E. McCarthy

Expert Systems in Accounting Research: A Design Science Perspective by Stewart A. Leech and Alan Sangster

The Participation of Accountants in All Aspects of AIS by Jim Hunton

Behavioral Decision Aid Research: Decision Aid Use and Effects by Jacob M. Rose

Group Support Systems Research in Accounting: A Theory-Based Framework and Directions for Future Research by Uday S. Murthy

Emplirical Research in Semantically Modeled Accounting Systems by Cheryl L. Dunn and Severin V. Grabski

Ethics Research in AIS by Jesse F. Dillard and Kristi Yuthas

Research Opportunities in Electronic Commerce by Glen L. Gray and Roger Debreceny

Information Systems Assurance by J.E. Boritz

Concepts in Continuous Assurance by Miklos A. Vasarhelyi

Knowledge Management in Accounting and Professional Services by Daniel E. O'Leary