good practice in researching: a qualitative and cross-disciplinary research

Good practice in researchingA qualitative and cross-disciplinary research

by Richard Lalleman

November 2008

LONDON Metropolitan University

Research methodologiesThe back-bone of your research

Step 1: Research problem

Step 2: Conceptual design

Step 3: Research methods

Step 4: Data analysis

Step 5: Importance and limitations

Step 1: Research problem

What are the leadership’s characteristics that enhance organizational learning processes

Research methodologiesThe back-bone of your research

Organizational context

Types of knowledge

Concepts of effective leadership

Action steps to create effective leadership

Research methodologiesThe back-bone of your research

Organizational context

Step 2: Conceptual design

Research methodologiesThe back-bone of your research

Step 2: Conceptual design

Types of knowledge

Research methodologiesThe back-bone of your research

Step 3: Research methods

ExtensiveLiterature

review

Primary sourcesSecondary sources

Research methodologiesThe back-bone of your research

Step 3: Research methods

Extensiveliterature

review

Primary sourcesSecondary sources

Research methodologiesThe back-bone of your research

Step 3: Research methods

ExtensiveLiterature

review

Analysis ofpublishedcase-study

Primary sourcesSecondary sources

Explanatory study in which theory is being tested and further built on

Research methodologiesThe back-bone of your research

Step 3: Research methods

ExtensiveLiterature

review

Analysis ofpublishedcase-study

Analysis of interviews

Primary sourcesSecondary sources

Explanatory study in which theory is being tested and further built on

How do you want to interview?

Who do you want to interview?Three leaders from different management structures

Storytelling with open-ended questions

How do you want to make sense of interviews?Recording, transcribing and making cross-references with model

Research methodologiesThe back-bone of your research

Step 4: Data analysis

ExtensiveLiterature

review

Analysis ofpublishedcase-study

Analysis of interviews

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Theoretical sampling

Research methodologiesThe back-bone of your research

Step 5: Importance and limitations

Why is this research crucial and valuable?

What are the limitations of this research?

What are the ethical aspects of this research?

ConclusionSome hat-tips

Objectives

Challenge

Weblogs

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Interdisciplinary