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Does sample size matter in qualitative research?: A review of qualitative interviews in IS research

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Little or no rigor for justifying sample size was shown for virtually all of the IS studies in this dataset, implying the subjective nature of sample size in qualitative IS studies.
Abstract
This study examines 83 IS qualitative studies in leading IS journals for the following purposes: (a) identifying the extent to which IS qualitative studies employ best practices of justifying sample size; (b) identifying optimal ranges of interviews for various types of qualitative research; and (c) identifying the extent to which cultural factors (such as journal of publication, number of authors, world region) impact sample size of interviews. Little or no rigor for justifying sample size was shown for virtually all of the IS studies in this dataset. Furthermore, the number of interviews conducted for qualitative studies is correlated with cultural factors, implying the subjective nature of sample size in qualitative IS studies. Recommendations are provided for minimally acceptable practices of justifying sample size of interviews in qualitative IS studies.

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Strategies For-Profit Educational Leaders Use to Reduce Employee Turnover and Maintain Sustainability

Denise Janet
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Development of Guidelines to Improve Client-Centred Childbirth Services in Ghana

TL;DR: A number of the items examined under demographic characteristics, ante-natal, labour and postnatal care were significantly associated with the experience of excellent client-centred care.

Implementing Product Diversification Strategies for Small and Medium Retail Businesses' Sustainability

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The business financial inclusion benefits from an Islamic point of view: a qualitative inquiry

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Deciphering Food Hawkerpreneurship: Challenges and success factors in franchising street food businesses in Malaysia:

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the challenges and identified the critical success factors in transforming traditional hawker food into a franchisable business, principally within the context of Malaysia, and proposed a framework to transform traditional hawkers into a scalable business.
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Case Study Research: Design and Methods

Robert K. Yin
TL;DR: In this article, buku ini mencakup lebih dari 50 studi kasus, memberikan perhatian untuk analisis kuantitatif, membahas lebah lengkap penggunaan desain metode campuran penelitian, and termasuk wawasan metodologi baru.
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Building theories from case study research

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the process of inducting theory using case studies from specifying the research questions to reaching closure, which is a process similar to hypothesis-testing research.
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Handbook of Qualitative Research

TL;DR: The discipline and practice of qualitative research have been extensively studied in the literature as discussed by the authors, including the work of Denzin and Denzin, and their history in sociology and anthropology, as well as the role of women in qualitative research.
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Building theories from case study research.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define a leadership event as a perceived segment of action whose meaning is created by the interactions of actors involved in producing it, and present a set of innovative methods for capturing and analyzing these contextually driven processes.
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The Discovery of Grounded Theory

TL;DR: In this paper, the discovery of grounded theory is discussed and grounded theory can be found in the form of a grounded theory discovery problem, where the root cause of the problem is identified.