Building Theories from Case Study Research

Eisenhardt, Kathleen M.

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“…We then developed our analytic framework by crosschecking codes, revising analytic concepts, and theorising findings by moving iteratively between data and theory (Eisenhardt, 1989).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We explore regulatory transparency and its effects in comparative case studies (Eisenhardt, 1989) of two professions, medicine and therapy (psychotherapy and counselling). Medicine (particularly for psychiatrists and GPs whom we interviewed) and therapy are clinical professions with complex practices, in which diagnosis and treatment are based upon interpersonal relations with patients/clients and professional judgement.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reactivity and reactions to regulatory transparency in medicine, psychotherapy and counselling

McGivern

Fischer

2012

Social Science & Medicine

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We explore how doctors, psychotherapists and counsellors in the UK react to regulatory transparency, drawing on qualitative research involving 51 semi-structured interviews conducted during 2008-10. We use the concept of 'reactivity mechanisms' (Espeland and Sauder, 2007) to explain how regulatory transparency disrupts practices through simplifying and decontextualizing them, altering practitioners' reflexivity, leading to defensive forms of practice. We make an empirical contribution by exploring the impact of transparency on doctors compared with psychotherapists and counsellors, who represent an extreme case due to their uniquely complex practice, which is particularly affected by this form of regulation. We make a contribution to knowledge by developing a model of reactivity mechanisms which explains how clinical professionals make sense of media and professional narratives about regulation in ways that produce emotional reactions and, in turn, defensive reactivity to transparency.

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“…We then developed our analytic framework by crosschecking codes, revising analytic concepts, and theorising findings by moving iteratively between data and theory (Eisenhardt, 1989).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reactivity and reactions to regulatory transparency in medicine, psychotherapy and counselling

McGivern

Fischer

2012

Social Science & Medicine

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“…-we chose an explorative and inductive research strategy (cf. Eisenhardt, 1989;cf. Glaser & Strauss, 1967;Höffling, 2002).…”

Section: Research and Methodsmentioning

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“…Glaser & Strauss, 1967;Höffling, 2002). More specifically, a multiple case-study design was used, which focuses on understanding the dynamics present within single settings (Eisenhardt, 1989;Herriott & Firestone, 1983;Yin, 1989) in order to generate theory in the shape of propositions (Gersick, 1988;Harris & Sutton, 1986). This method is fitting when not much is known about the phenomenon that is being researched, or when the phenomenon is so complex that neither the variables nor the exact relationship between the variables is fully definable (van Hoesel, 1985), as is the situation here.…”

Section: Research and Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tricky business: The nature of integrity violations in Dutch casinos

Graaf

Kingma²,

Zborowska³

2011

JGI

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This article explores the nature of integrity violations in Dutch casinos. In such organizations, risk may be minimized, but it cannot be eliminated. Casinos, therefore, have a clear interest in constantly seeking to improve their safety standards and cultures. This article empirically analyzes the nature of documented integrity violations in Dutch casinos during the period 2001 to 2006. Of the 78 employee contracts that were terminated because of integrity violations, the files of 13 employees of the table games division were researched in depth. Our analysis of the sample led to a set of propositions regarding the nature of integrity violations in Dutch casinos. Money changes everything. -Cindy Lauper

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“…In collecting the data, information was gathered from several sources including semi structure interviews, observation and analysis of archival documents; thus enabling triangulation among different data sources (Eisenhardt, 1989). Extensive thematic analysis was then conducted to analyze this qualitative (Boyatzis, 1998;Kavale, 1996).…”

Section: Knowledge Management In Case Amentioning

confidence: 99%