421 research outputs found
Combining card sorts and in-depth interviews
No full textMark N.K. Saunders INTRODUCTION Trust research invariably asks questions about sensitive issues, highlighting the need to build rapport and trust between the researcher and participant. It may also be necessary to ensure participants are not sensitized to the research focus on trust. This chapter outlines the use of a card sort, concurrent with an in-depth interview to help overcome these issues. The problem of obtaining valid and reliable information when asking questions about sensitive issues is not unique to trust research. Notwithstanding the problems associated with gaining access, or increased non-participation due to individuals expecting negative consequences, participants’ subsequent evasive answers or socially desirable responses can reduce the utility of data collected (Crowne and Marlowe, 1964). Participants’ concepts of what is sensitive are socially constructed and so what matters is whether a participant finds the research sensitive for whatever reason (Arksey and Knight, 1999). Where this occurs, participants may use their answers to protect themselves from potential harm or embarrassment, to present themselves in a positive light, or to please the researcher. This, in turn, may threaten the accuracy or interpretation of data collected (Dalton et al., 1997). Not surprisingly, this issue is recognized widely; most research methods texts emphasize the need to minimize such problems by ensuring the research topic is salient to the participant, explaining the benefits to her or him and emphasizing privacy and anonymity (for example Kvale and Brinkmann, 2009; Saunders et al., 2009b). Building on this and similar advice, research methods texts expound subsequently how,….</p
How to keep your research project on track:Insights from when thinks go wrong
No full textBringing together valuable insights from a range of research experts, PhD supervisors and examiners, this thoroughly revised second edition of How to Keep Your Research Project on Track details how to deal with the unexpected difficulties of research, and what to do when a project deviates from the plan. Keith Townsend and Mark N.K. Saunders give us essential insights for carrying out research, as well as developing resilience in academia
How to keep your research project on track:Insights from when thinks go wrong
No full textBringing together valuable insights from a range of research experts, PhD supervisors and examiners, this thoroughly revised second edition of How to Keep Your Research Project on Track details how to deal with the unexpected difficulties of research, and what to do when a project deviates from the plan. Keith Townsend and Mark N.K. Saunders give us essential insights for carrying out research, as well as developing resilience in academia
A tale of two surveys:Reaching respondents using Web questionnaires
No full textIn this chapter I outline two realities of gaining physical access when undertaking large, multi-organisation survey research using Web questionnaires. Following a brief consideration of the research context, I offer two tales of reaching respondents using Web questionnaires. The first uses a compiled list of potential respondents from an online database company, and the second uses a volunteer panel accessed through a panel company. I conclude with lessons for keeping your research on track
Scribble, leave it, type it, change it
No full textWe all have different styles and approaches to writing. Drafting and redrafting are essential processes for academics. In this vignette, I draw inspiration from John Lennon from The Beatles, who described the multiple stages of drafting he would go through to write a song. My work might not have the popular cultural appeal of Lennon’s but it appears that I do write a few more drafts then he
The more things change, the more things stay as they are!
No full textThis chapter offers insights into the genesis of How to Keep Your Research Projext on Track emphasising that research projects rarely go smoothly. It provides an introduction to the second edition highlighting how contributors were asked to provide their own insider accounts in the form of chapters and vignettes, offering revealing insights and highlighting their own lessons. These are written as if relaying a story to a friend in a coffee shop or pub, telling aspects of research as they actually are. The chapter offers an overview of the book highlighting how it is divided into four sections relating to different stages of the research process: ‘Getting started’, ‘Getting data’, ‘Getting it together’ and ‘Getting it finished’. Brief summaries of the key foci of 20 chapters and 16 vignettes are provided
Using mixed methods - combining card sorts and in-depth interviews
Full text linkThis chapter explores qualitative interviewing, drawing from a project that investigated managers’ metaphors of work–life balance, informed by a practice called ‘Clean Language’. The chapter highlights the function of questions in interviews and considers how to design and ask questions in order to elicit data of good quality
Using Questionnaire Surveys for Within-Organisation HRD Research
No full textThis chapter explores qualitative interviewing, drawing from a project that investigated managers’ metaphors of work–life balance, informed by a practice called ‘Clean Language’. The chapter highlights the function of questions in interviews and considers how to design and ask questions in order to elicit data of good quality.</p
Handbook of Research Methods on Trust
No full textThe Handbook of Research Methods on Trust provides an authoritative in-depth consideration of quantitative and qualitative methods for empirical study of trust in the social sciences. As this topic has matured, a growing number of practical approaches and techniques has been utilised across the broad, multidisciplinary community of trust research, providing both insights and challenges. This unique Handbook draws together a wealth of research methods knowledge gained by trust researchers into one essential volume. The contributors examine different methodological issues and particular methods, as well as share their experiences of what works, what does not work, challenges and innovations.</p
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