Collaborative Research Design Working With Business for Meaningful Findings

Description

This book articulates and interconnects a range of research methods for the investigation of business management processes. It introduces new directions that both recognise the business community as stakeholders in the research process and seek to include them in that process. The book presents a range of contemporary research methods with particular focus on those that allow insights into business managers’ thoughts and behaviours. It includes fresh views on traditional research designs, for example new approaches to using literature reviews, experiments, interviews and observation studies. It also considers cutting-edge research methods, such as the use of vignettes, workshops, improvisation and theatre, as well as computer-based simulation. In addition to discussing new approaches to data capture and data generation, it presents new methods of data analysis by considering various forms of models and modelling, new forms of computer-aided text analysis and innovative approaches to data display. Finally, the book provides a link between the philosophical underpinnings of research and the different research methods presented. This is often neglected but undertaking the knowledge-generating journey that is research includes having a view on reality and marrying this to beliefs about how the reality to be investigated can be best expedited. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Doing Quality Collaborative Research with Business (Louise Young, Per Vagn Freytag)....Pages 3-17 Front Matter ....Pages 19-20 Understanding the Process of Empirical Business Studies: The Influence of Methodological Approaches (Anne-Mette Sonne, Mads Bruun Ingstrup, Anders Peder Hansen)....Pages 21-44 Theory Building: Using Abductive Search Strategies (Kristian Philipsen)....Pages 45-71 A Framework for Undertaking Conceptual and Empirical Research (Susanne Wiatr Borg, Louise Young)....Pages 73-92 The Palette of Literature Reviews Available for Critical Realists (Majbritt Rostgaard Evald)....Pages 93-120 Front Matter ....Pages 121-123 Interviewing Like a Researcher: The Powers of Paradigms (Majbritt Rostgaard Evald, Per Vagn Freytag, Suna Løwe Nielsen)....Pages 125-154 Using Workshops in Business Research: A Framework to Diagnose, Plan, Facilitate and Analyze Workshops (Pia Storvang, Bo Mortensen, Ann Højbjerg Clarke)....Pages 155-174 Tangible Business Interviews (Jacob Buur)....Pages 175-194 Multi-method Systematic Observation: Theory and Practice (Sana Marroun, Louise Young)....Pages 195-221 The Use of Experiments in Business Research (Anders Haug)....Pages 223-248 Front Matter ....Pages 249-250 Analysis of Qualitative Data: Using Automated Semantic Analysis to Understand Networks of Concepts (Louise Young, Kristin B. Munksgaard)....Pages 251-284 Displaying Research Results (Winie Evers, Ian Wilkinson, Per Vagn Freytag)....Pages 285-310 Front Matter ....Pages 311-312 Vignettes in Critical Theory Investigations (Grethe Heldbjerg, Dennis van Liempd)....Pages 313-340 Improvising in Research: Drawing on Theatre Practices (Henry Larsen, Preben Friis)....Pages 341-375 Computer Simulation and Agent-Based Models as a Research Method (Fabian Held, Ian Wilkinson)....Pages 377-398 Front Matter ....Pages 399-400 Good Qualitative Research: Opening up the Debate (Catherine Welch)....Pages 401-412 Bringing It All Together and Leaving It All up to You! (Per Vagn Freytag, Louise Young)....Pages 413-428