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Doing Qualitative Research

Maria Lorentzon
- 01 Jun 1993 - 
- Vol. 18, Iss: 6, pp 1007-1007
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This article is published in Journal of Advanced Nursing.The article was published on 1993-06-01. It has received 2707 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Qualitative research.

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Understanding perceived determinants of nurses’ eating and physical activity behaviour: a theory-informed qualitative interview study

TL;DR: The findings suggest that future efforts to change nurses’ eating and physical activity behaviours should consider targeting a broad range of environmental, interpersonal and intrapersonal level factors, consistent with a socio-ecological perspective.
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Organizational and physician perspectives about facilitating handheld computer use in clinical practice: results of a cross-site qualitative study.

TL;DR: An organizational approach to HHC support that involves individualized attention to existing and potential physician users rather than one-size-fits-all, organization-wide implementation efforts was an important facilitator promoting physician use of HHCs.
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Closer to home: the case for experiential participation in health reform.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that participating in traditional ways — committee meetings, public fora, completing surveys — was not relevant to the realities of these individuals and argue for a new understanding of, and appreciation for what actually constitutes participation.
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Between petty corruption and criminal extortion: How entrepreneurs in Bulgaria and Romania operate within a devil’s circle

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the impact of corruption on entrepreneurship in transition economies using in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs in Sofia, Bulgaria, and Bucharest, Romania, respectively.
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Agency-centred coupling—a better way to manage an educational organization?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how two Finnish educational organizations restrict or enable teachers' professional agency, in terms of how the teachers influence the conditions and contents of their work, and further address how agency is related to: (i) organizational and educational transformations, (ii) teachers’ professional development and identity negotiations and (iii) teachers commitment to the educational organization and well-being at work.
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The qualitative research interview

TL;DR: This work examines less structured interview strategies in which the person interviewed is more a participant in meaning making than a conduit from which information is retrieved.
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Sampling in Interview-Based Qualitative Research: A Theoretical and Practical Guide

TL;DR: A four-point approach to sampling in qualitative interview-based research is presented and critically discussed in this article, which integrates theory and process for the following: (1) defining a sample universe, by way of specifying inclusion and exclusion criteria for potential participation; (2) deciding upon a sample size, through the conjoint consideration of epistemological and practical concerns; (3) selecting a sampling strategy, such as random sampling, convenience sampling, stratified sampling, cell sampling, quota sampling or a single-case selection strategy; and (4) sample sourcing, which includes
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Word of mouth communication within online communities: Conceptualizing the online social network

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the results of a two-stage study aimed at investigating online word of mouth (WOM) communication: a set of in-depth qualitative interviews followed by a social network analysis of a single online community.
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Methodological rigour within a qualitative framework

TL;DR: The methodological trinity of reliability, validity and generalization is described and a shift from a position of fundamentalism to a more pluralistic approach as a means of legitimizing naturalistic inquiry is advocated.
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Analyzing Qualitative Data

TL;DR: This half-day tutorial will focus on the basic methods for analyzing qualitative data using a mixture of talks and hands-on activities and will consider closed and open coding as well as clustering and categorizing coded data.