This week’s topics
Qualitative Inquiry Approaches and Methodological Challenges
- Phenomenological, ethnographic, and grounded theory traditions
- Multi-case study design in corporate research
- Researcher reflexivity and positionality
- Managing access barriers and elite interviewee bias
- Eisenhardt's approach to multiple case study
- Gioia method and grounded theory
- Prof Parry describes the paper "Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research" by Flyvbjerg 2006
What you will be able to do
- 4.1 Evaluate the range of qualitative approaches that are available for undertaking qualitative research.
- 4.2 Appreciate the challenges associated in undertaking qualitative research and the implications in research design.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the range of qualitative approaches that are available for undertaking qualitative research.
Study materials
Videos
- Eisenhardt's approach to multiple case study · YouTube · Mikko Rönkkö · 13 min · for registered students
- Gioia method and grounded theory · YouTube · Mikko Rönkkö · 9 min · for registered students
- Prof Parry describes the paper "Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research" by Flyvbjerg 2006 · YouTube · Glenn Parry · 9 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Reading · Arxiv, article · for registered students
- MIT OpenCourseWare 15.347 Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods I (Fall 2004) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
- Writing interview protocols and conducting interviews: tips for students new to qualitati… · PDF · ERIC, article · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
