The Quest for Low-Carbon Mobility: Sustainability Tensions and Responses When Retail Translates a Manufacturer’s Decarbonization Strategy

2021 ◽  
pp. 108602662110286
Author(s):  
Laura Luisa Wannags ◽  
Stefan Gold
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Translation Theory ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Paradox Theory ◽  
Tackle Climate Change

Corporate action to tackle climate change is affected by multifaceted tensions, which are insufficiently investigated. It therefore remains unclear how tensions become salient and how they are responded to when a new strategy is introduced. We propose that translation theory can inform paradox theory and explore this conceptualization using a qualitative case-study research design. Specifically, we examine how retail translates the decarbonization strategy of a car manufacturer. We show how retail employees, in their role as translators, compare the manufacturer’s strategy against their context and thereby make tensions salient in a context-dependent manner. Additionally, we examine how translators respond to salient tensions by applying eight different contextualization mechanisms to resolve the tensions between the new strategy and contextual factors. In one subunit, the translation of the new strategy fails, and the tension persists. We derive two theoretical propositions from the studied patterns of the salience of and response to tensions.

Qualitative Case Study Research Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Tetnowski
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Real World ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Study Research

Qualitative case study research can be a valuable tool for answering complex, real-world questions. This method is often misunderstood or neglected due to a lack of understanding by researchers and reviewers. This tutorial defines the characteristics of qualitative case study research and its application to a broader understanding of stuttering that cannot be defined through other methodologies. This article will describe ways that data can be collected and analyzed.

“When My Hands Were Tied, You Were Able to Continue”

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-176
Author(s):  
Mary Kimani ◽  
Catherine Vanner
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Abuse Case

This paper discusses our experiences harnessing the complementarity of perspectives, positions, and resources as an outsider lead researcher and an insider research assistant while reporting a child abuse case that we learned of during qualitative case study research in Kenya. We use collaborative autoethnography to examine our experiences during the research process, with semi-structured individual interviews of each other and document analysis of our email correspondence. We provide a narrative of vulnerability regarding the complexity of reporting child abuse and offer recommendations on how researchers can navigate their limitations and strategically draw from insider-outsider partnerships when managing ethical challenges.

scholarly journals Darut Taubah Pesantren and Commercial Sex Workers Saritem in Bandung

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 200
Author(s):  
Juju Saepudin
Keyword(s):  
Sex Workers ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Commercial Sex ◽  
Commercial Sex Workers ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Social

<p><em></em><em>The establishing a pesantren in a prostitution area is a very interesting topic to be<br />studied. This is because the challenge would be different from building a pesantren in<br />other community situations. This article based on the research on the roles of Darut<br />Taubah pesantren in teaching of moral values to commercial sex workers at Saritem<br />prostitution area. This is a qualitative  case study research using a phenomenology <br />approach. Data was gathered using observation, in-depth interview, and documentary <br />research. Data was analyzed utilizing inductive approach. Finding of this study shows<br />that the establishment of Darut Taubah pesantren was motivated by cultural and<br />structural factors. Moreover, teaching of moral values was conducted through reorganizing structural and instrumental elements using many ways namely; persuasive method and prioritizing the roles of pesantren, teaching moral values and developing the social roles. After the existence of Darut Taubah pesantren in Saritem area, the prostitution<br />activities decrease significantly either in terms of quantity or intensity.</em></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p>

scholarly journals Design and Control Issues in Qualitative Case Study Research

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaynor Lloyd-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Theory Testing ◽  
Study Research ◽  
And Control ◽  
Dual Case

Some methodologists have pointed to similarities between experimental method and case study research in terms of design, theory testing and development. However, little is known about how these debates inform qualitative research rationales. The use of a sequential dual case study provided an opportunity to examine these issues and their impact on the unfolding research process. The interplay of inductive and deductive approaches was evident throughout in decisions determining the nature of the research enquiry.

scholarly journals Social Representations of Natural Hazard Risk in Swiss Mountain Regions

Geosciences ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Maidl ◽  
Matthias Buchecker
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Natural Hazard ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Community Size ◽  
Hazard Risk ◽  
Risk Research ◽  
Hazard Experience

The term “risk” is connoted with divergent meanings in natural hazard risk research and the practice of risk management. Whilst the technical definition is accurately defined, in practice, the term “risk” is often synonymously used with “danger”. Considering this divergence as a deficiency, risk communication often aims to correct laypersons’ understanding. We suggest to instead treat the variety of meanings as a resource for risk communication strategies. However, there is however to date no investigation of what laypersons’ meanings of risk actually comprise. To address this gap, we examine the meanings of risk by applying a social representations approach within a qualitative case study research design. Results of the study among inhabitants of Swiss mountain villages show that differences in meanings were found according to hazard experience and community size. We found commonly shared core representations and peripheral ones. We conclude with suggestions on how to make usage of the knowledge on SR in risk communication.

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