Qualitative research & evaluation methods

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Qualitative research & evaluation methods

01 Jan 2002-Iss: 1

TL;DR: In this paper, conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.

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Abstract: This book explains clearly conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, Complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.

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Dance of the Call Bells: Using Ethnography to Evaluate Patient Satisfaction with Quality of Care

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Lynn M. Deitrick¹, Joanna Bokovoy, Glenn Stern, Anne Panik•Institutions (1)

Lehigh Valley Hospital¹

01 Oct 2006-Journal of Nursing Care Quality

TL;DR: A deeper understanding of the nuances of power and control embedded within the issue of patient-caregiver communication is provided and unit staff are empowered to find solutions to the call bell problem.

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Abstract: Ethnographic methods can provide insights into patients' perceptions of quality of care. We used ethnographic methods to examine problems related to answering patient call lights on one inpatient unit in the hospital. Communication through call bells consisted of 3 interrelated components. These included answering the call bell, communicating the patient's request, and following through with the request. Results of this study provided a deeper understanding of the nuances of power and control embedded within the issue of patient-caregiver communication and empowered unit staff to find solutions to the call bell problem.

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Why resilience managers aren’t resilient, and what human resource management can do about it

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Layla Branicki¹, Véronique Steyer², Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor³•Institutions (3)

University of Birmingham¹, Institut Supérieur de Gestion², Aston University³

28 Apr 2019-International Journal of Human Resource Management

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors inductively theorise about the relationships between individual and organisational resilience, drawing upon a large-scale study of resilience work in UK and French organisations and reveal the micro-processes involved in producing resilient organisations.

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Abstract: Prior resilience research typically focuses on either the individual or the organisational level of analysis, emphasises resilience in relation to day-to-day stressors rather than extreme events and is empirically under-developed In response, our study inductively theorises about the relationships between individual and organisational resilience, drawing upon a large-scale study of resilience work in UK and French organisations Our first-hand accounts of resilience work reveal the micro-processes involved in producing resilient organisations, and highlight the challenges experienced in doing resilience work in large organisations We show that these micro-processes have significant implications for resilience at both individual and organisational levels, and draw implications for how HRM interventions can help to promote individual, and thus organisational, resilience

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...Having established an initial thematic coding of our data, we assessed our themes for internal homogeneity and external heterogeneity (Patton, 2002)....
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Explaining Physical Activity in Children with Visual Impairments: A Family Systems Approach

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Nalan R. Ayvazoglu¹, Hyun-Kyoung Oh¹, Francis M. Kozub¹•Institutions (1)

Indiana University¹

01 Jan 2006-Exceptional Children

TL;DR: Quantitative findings revealed varied amounts of physical activity; younger children were more active than older participants and themes from qualitative interviews of caregivers and children that explained physical activity included transportation, family member involvement, safety, and time.

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Abstract: Using a mixed design this study explored physical activity in children with visual impairments from a family perspective. Quantitative findings revealed varied amounts of physical activity; younger children were more active than older participants. Further, parents were involved in moderate to vigorous physical activity 0% to 21% of the time when their child with a visual impairment was active at this level. Sibling physical activity at moderate to vigorous levels occurred 11% to 53% of the time when the child with a visual impairment was active. Themes from qualitative interviews of caregivers and children that explained physical activity included transportation, family member involvement, safety, and time.

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...Constant comparison steps were used in analysis of the interviews of parents and children (Boeije, 2002; Patton, 1990)....
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...Triangulation refers to the use of multiple data sources, multiple investigators to collect and analyze data, and multiple data collection methods (Patton, 1990)....
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...A mixed method research design was used to examine physical activity in children with visual impairments (Patton, 1990)....
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...Content analysis that involved identifying, coding, categorizing, and labeling the patterns was used to find themes from each transcription (Patton, 1990)....
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Spirituality and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Magical Thinking in Future-Oriented Sensemaking:

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Max Ganzin¹, Gazi Islam², Roy Suddaby³•Institutions (3)

University of Windsor¹, Grenoble School of Management², University of Victoria³

01 Jan 2020-Organization Studies

TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative empirical study of Canadian entrepreneurs was conducted to understand the nature of entrepreneurial thinking, and to analyse entrepreneurs' cognitive capacity to make decisions in their daily lives.

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Abstract: Drawing from a qualitative empirical study of Canadian entrepreneurs, we seek to understand the nature of entrepreneurial thinking. More specifically, we analyse entrepreneurs’ cognitive capacity t...

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...Beginning with our overarching concern with spirituality, we coded for themes using a pattern analysis (Patton, 2014) to uncover commonalities in the stories told by the entrepreneurs....
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...Pattern refers to a descriptive finding; and the interpretation of meaning of such findings leads to the identification of themes (Patton, 2014, p. 541)....
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Teacher Perceptions of Professional Learning Communities on the Instructional Climate At Flintville Elementary School in Lincoln County, TN

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David Golden

01 Jan 2017

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...Patton wrote that “the single case study is likely to be made up of many smaller cases – the stories of specific individuals, families, organizational units, and other groups” (Patton, 2008, p. 297)....
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...Patton (2008) wrote: While the observer must learn how to behave in the new setting the people in that setting are deciding how to behave toward the observer....
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...During the research process, the investigator addresses potential arguments that add credibility to the subject researched and also addresses potential criticisms the results of the study may bring (Patton, 2008)....
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...However, it is also the qualitative researcher’s role to report each finding from and unbiased and honest perspective Patton, 2008)....
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...Patton (2008) wrote that “the purpose of purposeful sampling is to select information-rich cases whose study will illuminate the questions under study” (p. 46)....
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