Case study as a research strategy: Some ambiguities and opportunities

Verschuren, P.J.M.

doi:10.1080/13645570110106154

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“…Ambiguities in the concept of case study surfaced with respect to philosophical assumptions as these authors interpreted the case study research in light of different perspectives. According to Verschuren (2003), divergence occurs in the case of: a) the empirical object of the case study and the way we look at it b) the research methods and c) the adequacy of the results to be obtained that are used. I begin with Merriam first.…”

Section: Philosophical Assumptions Underpinning the Method: The Freedmentioning

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An Examination of Case Studies in Management Research: A Paradigmatic Bridge

Masud¹

2018

IJSSS

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The paper maps the value of case study in management research. In particular, it deals with the paradigmatic aspects of case study as a research strategy. In order to analyse the convergence and divergence on different dimensions of the case study research, I focus on three well-known methodology experts, namely Robert Yin, Sharan Merriam and Robert Stake. I argue that case study is a comprehensive research strategy. It has the capacity to embrace paradigm plurality representing both inductive and deductive strategies. Because of its epistemological, ontological and methodological flexibility case study has become one of the established research approaches in management. There is no fixed set of methods for the case study research. This depends on the ontological presuppositions of the researchers. The significance of the ontology becomes apparent depending on the nature of the case and the types of the research questions. As case study research is reflexive, flexible and context-specific, it allows emerging contexts to shape methods. That is why it can act as a bridge across the research paradigms. I then look at the considerable influence that the case study approach has on the management research, i.e., the role for case study in the research process. Because of its overarching role, multi-paradigmatic approach can be adopted under case study research. Case study research is, in practice a varied methodology with paradigmatic pluralism covering an array of research methods and techniques and different levels of analysis.

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An Examination of Case Studies in Management Research: A Paradigmatic Bridge

Masud¹

2018

IJSSS

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“…Several authors have argued for greater use of case-study research within sport psychology and other therapeutic domains to further the systematic development, application and understanding of applied practice (e.g., Anderson et al, 2002;Barker et al, 2011;McMahon et al, 2012). Despite these calls, some view casestudies with veiled skepticism surrounding their methodological merits, with discipline purists questioning their position on causal attribution (e.g., Verschuren, 2003;Kyburz-Graber, 2004). In short, case-study methods may not meaningfully control for several threats to internal validity and suffer challenges around generalizability due to their inherent 'case' based inferences (Kazdin, 1981).…”

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A Framework of Single-Session Problem-Solving in Elite Sport: A Longitudinal, Multi-Study Investigation

Pitt

Thomas

Lindsay³

et al. 2020

Front. Psychol.

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In this 6-year, multi-study paper we summarize a new and effective framework of single-session problem-solving developed in an elite sport context at a world leading national institute of sport science and medicine (English Institute of Sport: EIS). In Study 1, we used ethnography (3.5 years) to observe how single-session problem-solving methods were being considered, explored, introduced and developed within the EIS. In Study 2, we used case-study methods split into two parts. A multiple case-study design (10 cases) was employed in Part one to evaluate how the approach was refined into an effective framework of practice. An individual case-study is then illustrated to detail the framework in-action. Collectively, findings realized a framework of single-session problem-solving for use both inside and outside of elite sport that focused on ways to reframe clients’ problems into more ‘solvable’ descriptions. Guidance for psychologists wishing to integrate these problem-solving techniques into their practice are offered.

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“…Ridder (2017) noted two overarching objectives of case study research in contributing to theory, stating that the strength of case study research can be derived in creating theory by expanding constructs and relationships within distinct settings; for example, in single case studies. As well, a case study is a way of advancing theories by the comparison of similarities and differences, including in multiple cases (Verschuren, 2003;Yin, 2004Yin, , 2017.…”

Section: The Theory and Practice Of Case Study Researchmentioning

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“…The idea is to make sense of complex relationships that underlie a given area of research, such as faculty engagement in professional development in higher education. As well, case study research can examine the processes of implementation of identified drivers of change within a given study's context, and unravel the dynamics of change to provide better conclusions about a particular phenomenon (Coelho, 2017;Verschuren, 2003).…”

Section: The Theory and Practice Of Case Study Researchmentioning

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Case Study Method in Human Resource Development: Reviewing the Research Literature

Shiddike¹,

Rahman²

2020

IBR

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This paper is written with a novice social science (management, education, public administration, public policy, and human resource development etc.) researcher in mind at the graduate or doctoral level. A case study research design has been made in this paper for a human resource development (HRD) project after extensively reviewing the research literature. This paper is useful for researchers who are looking for a case study research design plan based on a real-world example that can be adapted to their specific research. The paper is based on a research titled, “Faculty Engagement in Professional Development: A Bangladesh Case Study”. It explains a rationale for the use of case study method in an HRD project, followed by the research questions, the research methods and procedures. The paper also debates on sampling issues, data types, research instruments, data organization and cleaning, data analysis using and issues of validity and reliability. The paper concludes with a discussion on limitations and delimitations.

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Case study as a research strategy: Some ambiguities and opportunities

Cited by 161 publications

References 11 publications

An Examination of Case Studies in Management Research: A Paradigmatic Bridge

An Examination of Case Studies in Management Research: A Paradigmatic Bridge

A Framework of Single-Session Problem-Solving in Elite Sport: A Longitudinal, Multi-Study Investigation

Case Study Method in Human Resource Development: Reviewing the Research Literature

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