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Research Philosophy
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What is Research Philosophy ?
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Qualitative Research Method Research Philosophy is an over-arching term
relating to the development of knowledge and the nature of that knowledge.
Research philosophy is a system of beliefs and assumptions about the development of knowledge.
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Pillars of Research Philosophy
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Positivism (Reality)• Interpretivism
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Realism • Pragmatism
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Positivism
• Human are expected to be rationale.
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Objectivity and precision is important • Measurement, measures, tools and procedures
are very important
• research is value-free
• The researcher is independent, taking the role
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Interpretivism
• Interpretivism involves the researchers tointerpret elements of the study – it integrateshuman interest into a study.
• Interpretive researchers assume that access to
reality is only through social constructions such as language, consciousness, shared meanings,and instruments.
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Interpretivism
• Social world is constructed
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Social world is given meaning subjectively • The researcher is part of what is observed
• Research is driven by interests
• Research is not value-free
• Social phenomenon is understood by looking at
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Realism
• Realism is a research philosophy that shares principles of positivism and interpretivism.
• Realism is define as the view that entities exist independently of being perceived, or
independently of our theories about them.• Realism is the view that theories refer to real
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Pragmatism
• Pragmatism is a late 19th century and early
century school of philosophy, which considers practical consequences or real effects to be vital components of both meaning and truth.
• Pragmatism asserts that concepts are only relevant where they support action.
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Research assumptions
• Ontology refers to assumptions about the nature of
reality.• Epistemology concerns assumptions about
knowledge, what constitutes acceptable, valid, and
legitimate knowledge, and it can be communicated to others.
• Axiology refers to the role of values and ethics
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Ontology
• What is the nature of reality?
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What is the world like? e.g.-what are organisations like?
-what is it like being in organisations?
-what is it like being a manager?
-what is it like being managed?
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Epistemology
• How can we know what we know?
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What is consider acceptable knowledge?• What constitutes good-quality data?
• What kinds of contribution to knowledge can me made?
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xiology
• What is the role of values in research?
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How should we treat our own values when weconduct research?
• How should we deal with values of the research
participants?
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Deduction
Deduction is a form of inference that purports to be
conclusive.
Deduction begins with theory, hypothesis, then
conducts research to test whether the theories and hypothesis can be proven true with specific cases.
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Induction
• Induction does not have the same strength of
relationship between reasons and conclusions.
• Induction is more open-ended and exploratory
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