In defence of triangulation: A critical realist approach to mixed methods research in management accounting

Modell, Sven

doi:10.1016/j.mar.2009.04.001

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“…They did so to increase the depth and scope of inquiry (Denzin and Lincoln, 2000), and to produce more convincing theory building (Ritchie and Lewis, 2003) by disclosing broad support to emerging interpretations (Pratt, 2009). This use of triangulation could also be explained as a rhetorical device required by the editorial conventions of North American journals (Pratt, 2008), but appears consistent with a critical realist stance (Modell, 2009). …”

Section: Grounded-theory Buildingmentioning

confidence: 79%

How Do I Know Who You Think You Are? A Review of Research Methods on Organizational Identity

Ravasi

Canato

2013

Int J Management Reviews

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. (Albert and Whetten, 1985) seem to be an appealing topic both to organizational theorists and behaviourists. OI and related concepts have been used to investigate various issues, including strategic decisions (e.g. Dutton and Dukerich, 1991;Ashforth and Mael, 1996;Gioia and Thomas, 1996;Ravasi and Phillips, 2011;Rindova, Dalpiaz and Ravasi, 2011), organizational change (e.g. Humphreys andNag, Corley and Gioia, 2007;Ybema, 2010;Kjaergaard, Morsing and Ravasi, 2011), reactions to environmental changes (e.g. Elsbach and Kramer, 1996;Ravasi and Schultz, 2006;He and Baruch, 2010), organizational commitment and cooperative behaviour (e.g. Bartel, 2001;Dukerich, Golden and Shortell, 2002;Foreman and Whetten, 2002), and technology and innovation (Tripsas, 2009;Ravasi and Canato, 2010). We believe that our contribution to OI research is three-fold. First, our review highlights three different waves of empirical research on OI, characterized by the different stance of researchers towards the construct: an unexpected explanation for an observed phenomenon (e.g. Dutton and Dukerich, 1991;Gioia and Thomas, 1996), an individual-level variable to be correlated with organizational behaviour (e.g. Dukerich et al. 2002;Foreman and Whetten, 2002); an organizational construct to be studied in its own right (e.g. Humphreys and Brown, 2002;Ravasi and Schultz, 2006;Gioia, Price, Hamilton and Thomas, 2010;Ybema, 2010). Across these waves, we identify five main methods guiding the collection and the analysis of data. For each method, we discuss ontological and epistemological underpinnings, and we outline critical issues, potential solutions, and the most appropriate areas of application. Permanent repository linkSecondly, we identify methodological issues that are central to OI research, such as how to select, among the various self-referential statements that are made by organizational members, those that can be legitimately considered evidence of organizational identity, and whose perspective counts in gathering evidence of OI, and we compare how published studies have successfully addressed identity-specific research questions outlined above. 4Finally, our review of published research on OI reveals some degree of ambiguity in professed ontological assumptions and methodological choices in past research. By bringing out more clearly the paradigmatic differences that underpin these studies, and by highlighting their implications for methodological choices, we attempt to reduce uncertainty about the appropriateness of different research design for the questions being investigated. By doing so, we also encourage the assessment of each piece of research in terms of its own paradigmatic conventions, and draw attention to opportunities to build bridges between scholars working from different paradigms. MethodologyIn order to uncover "best practices" in OI research, our review deliberately focused on empirical articles o...

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Section: Grounded-theory Buildingmentioning

confidence: 79%

How Do I Know Who You Think You Are? A Review of Research Methods on Organizational Identity

Ravasi

Canato

2013

Int J Management Reviews

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“…Critical realism has increasingly been appropriated by organizational and management studies (Ackroyd and Fleetwood, 2000;Willmott, 2000;Mutch, 2002;Fleetwood and Ackroyd, 2004;Leca and Naccache, 2006;Llewellyn, 2007) as well as accounting research (Modell, 2009(Modell, & 2013Ashraf and Uddin, 2013;Stergiou et al, 2013;Mutiganda, 2013). Reviewing the existing critical realist research on management accounting change, Modell (2014) noted that researchers tend to use critical realism in a generic manner i.e.…”

Section: Regressive Effects: a Critical Realist Inquirymentioning

confidence: 99%

New public management, cost savings and regressive effects: A case from a less developed country

Ashraf

Uddin

2016

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

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“…The utilization of all these techniques allow for a better and more reliable way to verify the findings. Modell (2009) critique on the use of triangulation in mixed method based on two paradigms; functionalist and interpretive. Additionally, the techniques could enhance the validity and reliability of the findings since each data obtained from one particular technique could be enhanced by another techniques.…”

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The Process of Validity and Reliability for Verbal Questioning Research in the Classroom

Iksan

Saper²

2016

GJES

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In any research approach, data obtained should be reliable and authentic in order to make sure that the results are valid. In qualitative approach too, even though the process of data collection was carried out as outlined and discussed in detail by expert researchers in this area, the experiences of the researcher during the process were different and should be shared with other researchers. The objective of this study is to discuss on the process of obtaining validity and reliability in the process of conducting qualitative research about verbal questioning during the teaching and learning. The findings discuss on six types of process to ensure that validity and reliability is achieved, which are: triangulation, prolonged engagement, member checking, peer review, an audit trail and researcher's bias. This impact of this study inform that the several techniques for getting validity and reliability of the data collection are needed to ensure that the findings of research are reliable and authentic.

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In defence of triangulation: A critical realist approach to mixed methods research in management accounting

Cited by 207 publications

References 83 publications

How Do I Know Who You Think You Are? A Review of Research Methods on Organizational Identity

How Do I Know Who You Think You Are? A Review of Research Methods on Organizational Identity

New public management, cost savings and regressive effects: A case from a less developed country

The Process of Validity and Reliability for Verbal Questioning Research in the Classroom

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