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==Theories==
*Absorptive capacity theory
*Activity Theory 
*Actor network theory
*Accountability theory
*Adaptive structuration theory
*Administrative behavior, theory of
*Adaptive enterprise architecture theory
*Affordance-actualization Theory
*Agency theory
*Appraisal Theory
*Argumentation theory
*Attachment-Theory
*Behavioral decision theory
*Belief Action Outcome Framework
*Big Five Model of Personality
*Boundary object theory
*Chaos theory
*Cognitive dissonance theory
*Cognitive fit theory
*Cognitive load theory
*Community Of Practice Theory
*Competitive strategy (Porter)
*Complexity theory
*Conservation of resources theory
*Contingency theory
*Critical Mass Theory of Interactive Media
*Critical realism theory
*Critical social theory
*Critical success factors, theory of
*Customer based Discrepancy Theory
*Customer Focus Theory
*CYNEFIN framework
*Deferred action, theory of
*Delone and McLean IS success model
*Design Theory
*Diffusion of innovations theory
*Distributed Cognition Theory
*Dynamic capabilities
*Elaboration likelihood model
*Embodied social presence theory
*Equity theory
*Evolutionary theory
*Expectation confirmation theory
*Feminism theory
*Fit-Viability theory
*Flow theory
*Game theory
*Garbage can theory
*General systems theory
*General deterrence theory
*General Strain theory
*Goal Contagion Theory
*Hedonic-motivation system adoption model (HMSAM)
*Hermeneutics
*Illusion of control
*Impression management, theory of
*Information processing theory
*Information warfare
*Institutional theory
*International information systems theory
*Internationalization Theory
*Innovation Resistance Theory
*Keller's Motivational Model
*Kohlberg's theory of Moral Development
*Knowledge-based theory of the firm
*Knowledge Security Theory
*Language action perspective
*Information asymmetry theory (lemon market)
*Management fashion theory
*Media richness theory
*Media synchronicity theory
*Modal aspects, theory of
*Multi-attribute utility theory
*Multi-motive information systems continuance model (MISC)
*Norm Activation Theory
*Organizational culture theory
*Organizational information processing theory
*Organizational knowledge creation
*Organizational learning theory
*Portfolio theory
*Privacy Calculus Theory
*Process virtualization theory
*People-Process-Data-Technology Framework
*Prospect theory
*Protection motivation theory
*Psychological ownership framework
*Punctuated equilibrium theory
*Rational Choice Theory
*Real options theory
*Representation Theory
*Resource-based view of the firm
*Resource dependency theory
*Role Theory
*Selective organizational information privacy and security violations model (SOIPSVM)
*Self determination theory
*Self-efficacy theory
*Semantic theory of survey response
*SERVQUAL
*Signaling theory
*Social Bond Theory
*Social capital theory
*Social cognitive theory
*Social Comparison Theory
*Social Contagion Theory
*Socioemotional Selectivity Theory
*Social exchange theory
*Social Identity Theory
*Social Influence Theory (of Kelman)
*Social Information Processing Theory (of Walther)
*Social learning theory
*Social media engagement theory
*Social network theory
*Social Penetration Theory
*Social Presence Theory
*Social shaping of technology
*Sociomaterialism Theory
*Socio-technical theory
*Soft systems theory
*Stakeholder theory
*Structuration theory
*Structured process modeling theory (SPMT)
*Success Management Theory
*Task closure theory
*Task-technology fit
*Team resilience theory
*Technological frames of reference
*Technology acceptance model
*Technology dominance, theory of
*Technology-organization-environment framework
*Technology Threat Avoidance Theory
*Theory of collective action
*Theory of Hypercompetition
*Theory of Interactive Media Effects (TIME)
*Theory of Interpersonal Behavior
*Theory of organizational creativity
*Theory of Organizational Sensemaking
*Theory of planned behavior
*Theory of reasoned action
*Theory of slack resources
*Theory of swift trust
*Theory of Network Externalities
*Transaction cost economics
*Transactive memory theory
*Uncanny Valley Theory
*Uncertainty Reduction Theory
*Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology
*Usage control model
*Value Theory
*Work systems theory
*Yield shift theory of satisfaction