scholarly journals Thematic analysis without paradox: sensemaking and context

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilson Ozuem ◽  
Michelle Willis ◽  
Kerry Howell
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Complex Data ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Descriptive Phenomenology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Right ◽  
Data Context ◽  
Wide Usage

Purpose In this paper, the authors underpin thematic analysis with a philosophical and methodological dimension and present a nuanced perspective on the application of thematic analysis in a data-driven context. Thematic analysis is a widely used qualitative analytic method; it is perceived as a transparent approach that offers single meaning. However, through Husserlian descriptive phenomenology, this paper aims to examine issues regarding subject/object and multidimensional meanings and realities. Design/methodology/approach In most extant studies, thematic analysis has become a prescriptive approach. This emerging qualitative approach has been applied to a range of studies on social and organisational issues, knowledge management and education. However, despite its wide usage, researchers are divided as to its effectiveness. Many choose quantitative approaches as an alternative, and some disagree as to what counts as the definitive framework and process for thematic analysis. Consequently, the authors provide a level of validity for thematic analysis through emphasising a specific methodological approach based on ontological and epistemological positions. Findings Contrary to the common mantra from contemporary qualitative researchers who claim thematic analysis is often based on a static and enduring approach, the current paper highlights the dynamic nature of a thematic analytic approach and offers a deeper understanding of the ways in which researchers can use the right approach to understand the emerging complex data context. Originality/value Several insights regarding the literature on thematic analysis were identified, including the current conceptualisation of thematic analysis as a dynamic approach. Understanding thematic analysis through phenomenology provides a basis on which to undertake a whole range of inclusive approaches that were previously undifferentiated from a quantitative perspective.

Doctoral capital and well-being amongst Australian PhD students: exploring capital and habitus of doctoral students

2021 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-336
Author(s):  
Wayne Usher ◽  
Brittany A. McCormack
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Reproduction Theory ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The Right ◽  
Australian Universities

PurposeThe Higher Degree Research (HDR) journey is known for its difficulties, complexities and challenges (Lees-Deutsch, 2020), with many students experiencing multi-faceted issues and concerns (Skopek et al., 2020). Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the relationships that exist between variables, vulnerability factors and doctorial capital of candidates (n = 532) studying at Australian universities (2019).Design/methodology/approachA quantitative cross-sectional correlational research design and Bronfenbrenner's socio – ecological framework (personal, home, university, community) was utilised to collect participants' (n = 532) descriptive statistics. Bourdieu's social reproduction theory was used as a lens to examine how experiences, across the PhD candidature, are influenced by several psychosocial factors and doctoral capital.FindingsFrom such a dual methodological approach, the findings from this study suggests that (1) age, (2) gender, (3) nationality, (4) financial/work status, (5) years of PhD and (6) attending postgraduate (PG) student events, go to significantly (p < 0.001) impact (positively and negatively) on students' experiences and correspondingly, impacts on their self-confidence, motivation and mental health and well-being status.Research limitations/implicationsResearch limitations are related to the recruitment of more doctoral students across more Australian universities. Further research is required from HDR supervisors, so as to “balance” the experiences of the PhD journey in higher education.Practical implicationsIn order to succeed in academia and HDR programs, students need to identify with and develop the “right kind of capital” to successfully navigate fields of social and scholarly play. Investigating how the participants perceive their social and scholarly habitus is seen as crucial in helping students to develop positive dispositions relevant to being a doctoral student.Social implicationsThe concept of doctoral capital and well-being, amongst Australian PhD students, is under researched and requires further investigation as a precursor to developing more specific policy designs aimed at providing heightened positive learning environments/HDR programs tailored to support doctoral students.Originality/valueWhilst reforms to improve PhD experiences are well established across the international literature (Geven et al., 2018; Skopek et al., 2020), evidence for Australia is largely missing. It is envisaged, that findings from this research will further assist in the development of quality policies that would go to provide effective services and support for doctoral students within Australian universities.

Thematic analysis of short-term renter preferences for housing market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 825-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pui-Yee Ho ◽  
Sheau-Ting Low ◽  
Siaw-Chui Wee ◽  
Weng-Wai Choong
Keyword(s):  
Housing Market ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Marketing Mix ◽  
Preference Profile ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Product Price ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Right

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a short-term renters’ preference profile for peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation selection in the housing market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The emergence of P2P accommodation was initiated by the concept of a sharing economy, allowing the peer provider to share personal properties with the peer end-users. As the housing market has become more competitive, understanding the preference profile among short-term renters is advantageous to offer a matching marketing mix to the targeted customers. Design/methodology/approach This study uses qualitative method associated with thematic analysis. A total of 10,509 reviews on Airbnb were gathered from 377 properties in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory from 2013 to 2017. Thematic analysis assisted by NVivo software was applied to analyse the empirical data. In total, 14 attributes were identified which could be categorised into 5Ps. The concept of 5Ps adopted from modern marketing is commonly used to categorise the strategies in the marketing process. In the current context, 5Ps is used to categorise the preference of the short-term renter in their selection of P2P accommodation including product, price, promotion, process and people. Findings This paper has developed a preference profile for P2P accommodation selection in Malaysia’s housing market. In total, 14 attributes were identified and categorised into the 5Ps of marketing mix. The results showed that the majority of short-term renters were concerned mostly with product (73.2 per cent), followed by people (14.5 per cent), process (10.1 per cent), price (2.0 per cent) and promotion (0.2 per cent). Originality/value This study contributes to existing literature with a novel case in Malaysia’s housing market by identifying the short-term renter’s preference in the P2P accommodation selection in the Malaysian housing market, specifically in Kuala Lumpur. The preference profile provides guidance for property owners and developers in the housing market to offer the right product in enhancing the marketability and rentability of the property.

Transmission of family businesses in France

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Gundolf ◽  
Olivier Meier ◽  
Audrey Missonier
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Legitimacy ◽  
Cultural Proximity ◽  
The Common ◽  
Succession Process ◽  
Behavioural Factors

PurposeThe purpose of this research paper is to show to what extent psychological, cultural and behavioural factors can influence on the succession process in the particular case of family‐run businesses?Design/methodology/approachData on 12 directors of family‐run SME were grouped together on the basis of questions derived from the research question. To do this, the authors operated using a principle guided by cross referencing responses, that is, finding the incidence of elements that make it possible to justify substantively the existence of the category and the common existence of these elements within the cases studied.FindingsThe thematic analysis performed made it possible to highlight five main motives for cultural and psychological resistance in former directors: the loss of power and influence, the risk of deconstruction, the loss of professional and social legitimacy, the loss of references and meaning, and the refusal of old age and death.Originality/valueThe results show that transferors search for connections in the aim of identifying common points of anchor, affinities on to which they can project themselves as an element of continuity or an extension of their personality. The paper can in particular note the importance given to cultural proximity and to previous professional relations with the transferor. These criteria, unlike personal factors, are of the interpersonal type and thus deeply imprinted on the transferor's most intimate desires and motivations, including the main desire, which is to search for all that can make possible an extension of himself within his company and thus ensure the permanence of his values and his time at the organisation.

Building excellence through the Agile Reengineering Performance Model (ARPM)

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonella Petrillo ◽  
Gianpaolo Di Bona ◽  
Antonio Forcina ◽  
Alessandro Silvestri
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Performance Model ◽  
Process Reengineering ◽  
Production Lines ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Agile Approach ◽  
The Right

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to build a theoretic and practical framework, based on agile project management, to support the decision-making process in order to help companies in optimizing the reengineering production processes and improve management costs. Design/methodology/approach This paper seeks to propose an agile Reengineering Performance Model (ARPM) for managing projects of reengineering of processes and applies it in a real case study concerning a water bottling plant. Findings The proposed model should serve as a valuable tool to facilitate a successful business process reengineering design in the project management and intends to assist companies as they operate projects of transferring and optimizing production lines. Thanks to the use of ARPM tools, it is easy to modify the evolution of the project, with the possibility of extending or enhancing the application if necessary. Research limitations/implications The main limits of the ARPM model are: it requires close collaboration among team; it is rather intense for developers; and it is necessary flexibility to change course as needed and to ensure delivery of the right product. Practical implications The main implications of the authors’ work for research and business are to propose a structured methodological approach, rigorous but simple, suitable to implement in any companies. Originality/value The novelty of the approach is to apply the agile approach not for software development but in a manufacturing company.

Common carotid to intracranial internal carotid bypass venous graft

1971 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. Lougheed ◽  
Brian M. Marshall ◽  
Michael Hunter ◽  
Ernest R. Michel ◽  
Harley Sandwith-Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Internal Carotid Artery ◽  
Internal Carotid ◽  
Bypass Graft ◽  
Left Internal Carotid Artery ◽  
Anterior Clinoid Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Right ◽  
Inside Out

✓ A 54-year-old woman was admitted with a complete occlusion of the right internal carotid artery and a 25% stenosis of the left internal carotid artery. Intracranial circulation on the right side was restored by taking a vein from the leg and anastomosing the vein of the intracranial carotid artery just distal to the anterior clinoid process. Prior to insertion the vein was turned inside out, the valves removed and then reinverted allowing the distal end of the vein to be anastomosed to the intracranial internal carotid artery. The blood flow was therefore reversed in the vein. The proximal end of the vein was anastomosed to the common carotid artery. Upon completion there was excellent circulation in the bypass graft and internal carotid artery.

The power of karma yoga in human development

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-249
Author(s):  
Shelley Brown
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Human Endeavor ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Prophetic Vision ◽  
One Step ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Right

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on Swami Vivekananda’s teachings on higher self-development through karma yoga – spiritualizing contemporary life in today’s fast-paced world – and on evolving a more humane civilization through the service of enlightened citizens. Design/methodology/approach – Stressing the essential role of self-development in human progress, Swami Vivekananda taught Vedanta to East and West as a practical dynamic philosophy. Findings – With his prophetic vision, he adapted ancient wisdom for modern living in his concept of karma yoga. Extending the idea of “holy” to the whole of human endeavor, whether exploring truths in the world or discovering the light of the soul within, Vivekananda deemed every struggle sacred when pursued with sincere, selfless intent. Originality/value – Each action taken in the right spirit, Vivekananda taught, can manifest our innate divinity and bring us one step closer to our sublime nature, which acts in the common good.

scholarly journals A discussion frame for explaining records that are based on algorithmic output

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-141
Author(s):  
Herbjørn Andresen
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Conceptual Frame ◽  
The Right

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to raise attention within the records management community about evolving demands for explanations that make it possible to understand the content of records, also when they reflect output from algorithms. Design/methodology/approach The methodological approach is a conceptual analysis based in records management theory and the philosophy of science. The concepts that are developed are thereafter applied to “the right to an explanation” and “an algorithmic ethics approach,” respectively, to further examine their viability. Findings Different forms of explanations, ranging from “certain” explanations to predictions, as well as varying degrees of control over the input data to algorithms, affect the nature of the explanations and what kinds of records the explanations may reside in. Originality/value This paper contributes to a conceptual frame for discussing where explanations to algorithms may be documented, within different kinds of records, emanating from different kinds of processes.

scholarly journals Asking the right questions

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-181
Author(s):  
Karen Blackmore
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
Science Teacher Education ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Primary Teacher ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Right

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore whether aspects of co-coaching could support primary science teacher education in a university–school initial teacher education (ITE) partnership program in England. Design/methodology/approach A mixed methodological approach was taken, comprising of student teachers responding to a coaching questionnaire blended with a qualitative exploration of audio-recorded student teacher co-coaching conversations. Informal student teacher discussion groups were used as a means to discern their attitudes and beliefs pertaining to co-coaching within taught university sessions. Findings Analysis and subsequent integration of data showed that many aspects of co-coaching supported student teacher pedagogical knowledge acquisition and professional development. Additionally, questionnaire responses and small-group discussions revealed that student teachers developed positive attitudes to this mode of learning. Originality/value This study evaluates the innovative use of co-coaching techniques during primary teacher science education, and the outcomes have clear implications for the design of ITE programs in England and potentially further afield.

How can challenger marketers target the right customer organization? The A-C-O-W customer organization profiling matrix for challenger marketing

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weng Marc Lim
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Right ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Marketing Approach

PurposeThis paper aims to help challenger marketers identify and target the right customer organization.Design/methodology/approachThis paper adopts a customer organization profiling route to targeting for challenger marketing that is predicated on a thematic analysis of key findings of customer organization profiles from an international case study.FindingsThis paper introduces and explains the concepts of aggressiveness to succeed, compatibility of offerings, openness to new ideas and willingness to take action (or A-C-O-W) as components of a newly developed customer organization profiling matrix for challenger marketing.Research limitations/implicationsThe A-C-O-W customer organization profiling matrix offers a fresh conceptual outlook for targeting customer organizations using a challenger marketing approach in the contemporary business-to-business (B2B) marketplace.Practical implicationsThe A-C-O-W customer organization profiling matrix illuminates how challenger marketers can target the right customer organizations in the contemporary B2B marketplace.Originality/valueThe A-C-O-W customer organization profiling matrix is a pioneering concept for challenger marketing in B2B theory and practice.

A hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach to assess the enablers of manufacturing flexibility under fuzzy environment

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchi Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Manufacturing Flexibility ◽  
Manufacturing Firm ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Uncertain Environment ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Environment ◽  
The Right ◽  
Fuzzy Quality Function Deployment

PurposeThe study aims to assess and prioritise the enablers of manufacturing flexibility by evaluating the degree of environmental uncertainty and manufacturing flexibility in an uncertain environment.Design/methodology/approachThe study proposes a methodological approach based on fuzzy quality function deployment (FQFD), fuzzy analytical hierarchical process (FAHP) and fuzzy technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (FTOPSIS) to assess and prioritise enablers of manufacturing flexibility in an uncertain environment.FindingsThe study proposes a methodological approach that can facilitate firms to concentrate on preferred enablers and assist them in formulating a strategy to develop manufacturing flexibility. The empirical case study analysis of an Indian auto-air conditioning manufacturing firm was done to illustrate the effectiveness, flexibility and feasibility of the proposed approach.Research limitations/implicationsThe proposed approach is limited to manufacturing flexibility. This study does not consider inter-dependencies among environmental uncertainties.Practical implicationsThe proposed methodological approach can assist practitioners in the identification and development of the preferred enablers to improve manufacturing flexibility. Thus, practitioners can invest strategically in the right resources to improve manufacturing flexibility.Originality/valueThe study proposes and validates a methodological approach that simultaneously addresses drivers and enablers of manufacturing flexibility; therefore, it aims to fill the gaps of earlier studies that have majorly studied flexibility concept in an isolated way.

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