Medium Matters

2011 ◽  
pp. 387-403
Author(s):  
Rajiv Kumar ◽  
Abhishek Goel ◽  
Vidyanand Jha
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Auto Ethnography

Using three auto-ethnographies, in this chapter we have explored the experiences of teaching organizational behavior in an online environment. Before presenting the three auto-ethnographies, we have attempted to situate auto-ethnography as a tool in the domain of qualitative research. The analysis of these auto-ethnographies highlights the strengths and limitations of online medium in teaching organizational behavior. Our analysis shows that medium of teaching impacts the teaching style instructors adopt, poses challenges of mastering new technology, forces them to choose some content types over others, has an impact on their satisfaction with delivery and on their overall experience.

scholarly journals Understanding Deep, Socially Embedded Human Motivations and Aspirations for Work From Whole Person and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 735-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa J. Rothausen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Qualitative Researcher ◽  
Industrial Organizational Psychology ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Business And Management ◽  
Potential Use

As someone trained exclusively as a quantitative researcher, who recently became a semi-autodidactic qualitative researcher (see Rothausen, Henderson, Arnold, & Malshe, in press; “semi” in part because I am still learning and in part because my coauthors have taught me), I would like to extend the argument made by Pratt and Bonaccio (2016) for increasing qualitative research in the domains of industrial–organizational psychology (IOP), organizational behavior (OB), and human resources (HR), and I would also add industrial relations (IR), which was my doctoral field of study and “where workers went” within business and management studies as HR became more aligned with organizational interests (see Lefkowitz, 2016, from this journal). I extend their argument by deepening one of their reasons, understanding the “why” of work, and adding another potential use, understanding the “what could be” of work.

scholarly journals Publikowanie w sieci jako reakcja odbiorcy na przekaz masowy w interakcji medialnej

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 51-65
Author(s):  
Anna Granat
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Indirect Interaction ◽  
Individual Interview ◽  
Online Publishing ◽  
Media Interaction ◽  
Auto Ethnography ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Web Publishing

The article demonstrates the mass media receiver, who interacts with media and after reading, listening or watching the content online reacts by web publishing. The article presents examples of such reactions in the form of texts, obtained as a result of expe-rimental research (hidden ethnographic participant observation, survey auto-ethnography, in-depth, standardized/structured individual interview), which subjects them to qualitative research. This rese-arch consists in the analysis of the content and its form by using methods dedicated to examine lingu-istic pragmatics and interactionism.Therefore, it is assumed that the individual receiver participates in the media interaction, which I understand as the mutually indirect interaction of the sender and the receiver in media communica-tion process. The receiver’s reaction in this process may be, among others, online publishing, which is named as “surfer commentary”.

scholarly journals Experiencing the shift: How postsecondary contract and continuing faculty moved to online course delivery

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Patricia Danyluk ◽  
Amy Burns
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Course Delivery ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Faculty Position ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Additional Work

The shift to online learning that occurred in March of 2020, created an unprecedented period of intense work for faculty and sessional instructors at the post-secondary level. This shift necessitated courses be adapted under short timelines, new technology be integrated into course design and teaching strategies and assessment methods be adapted for an online environment (Van Nuland et al., 2020). This study examines how sessional instructors, referred to in this chapter as contract faculty, and continuing full-time faculty members delivering the same online courses experienced this shift. While the demands of a continuing faculty position call for balancing of teaching, research and service responsibilities, contract instructors have their own unique stressors (Karram Stephenson et al., 2020). Contract faculty lack job security, are paid by the course and often receive their teaching assignments with short notice. By examining their perspectives on delivering the same courses online, we learn that the shift to online teaching resulted in additional work in order to adapt courses to the online environment, with faculty describing the challenges of balancing the additional work with other responsibilities of their position. Concerns of participants focused on a perceived inability to develop relationships with students in an online environment.

Observational Research in Advertising, Marketing, and Branding

2018 ◽  
pp. 199-207
Author(s):  
Divya Ayalasomayajula ◽  
Ameya Sawadkar
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Market Research ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Observational Research ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Indian Market ◽  
Sample Sizes ◽  
Current Scenario

In Indian market research industry, historically qualitative techniques are less prominently used as a measure of marketing decisions as compared to their quantitative counterparts. This is attributed to a multitude of reasons – sample sizes and representation being two of the more prominent ones. However, qualitative research is rapidly gaining popularity and relevance as the consumer turns more evolved and media literate. Thus, observational research has slowly started to gain acceptance as a reliable methodology, however, sparse its adoption may be in the current scenario. There is a little work that collates the advantages of observation and prescribes ways in which new technology can be embedded for better elicitation and actionable insight especially when it concerns the Indian market. This chapter explores the existing academic and theoretical constructs, real life experiences of industry experts and attempts to elucidate the various advantages of the observational approach, the limitations and explore possible ways the entire market research experience can be enhanced.

Examining the Factors that Influence how Instructors Provide Feedback in Online Learning Environments

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan S. Conrad ◽  
Nada Dabbagh
Keyword(s):  
Course Design ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Delivery Mode ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Future Behavior ◽  
Feedback Delivery

Feedback is considered to be the bridge between what has been learned and what the student should know. Feedback can correct misconceptions, motivate learners, stimulate deep thinking, and guide future behavior. However, in the online environment instructors must rely upon technologies to deliver feedback to students. To better understand the prompts and processes for online delivery of feedback, a descriptive study of higher education instructors who teach online was conducted to discover what events trigger instructor feedback and what tools the instructors choose to administer this feedback to online students. Results of the study revealed that the chosen feedback delivery mode and method are impacted by an instructor's technology expertise, the class size, and audience composition and assessment type. The study revealed that instructors teaching online have transformed their pedagogy by purposively planning feedback methods into their course design and applying reflective methods into their teaching style.

scholarly journals Guidance on the introduction and use of video consultations during COVID-19: important lessons from qualitative research

BMJ Leader ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Wherton ◽  
Sara Shaw ◽  
Chrysanthi Papoutsi ◽  
Lucas Seuren ◽  
Trisha Greenhalgh
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Technical Approach ◽  
Video Consultation ◽  
Organisational Routines ◽  
Video Calling

BackgroundFollowing several years of qualitative research, we have developed evidence-based guidance on setting up and conducting remote video consultations. Drawing on emerging evidence, we have also adapted the guidance to ensure accessibility and relevance for those using video calling during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.FindingsThis article describes the research underpinning this guidance material, with a focus on three key areas: (1) IT infrastructure, (2) organisational routines and workflows, and (3) interactional work of a video consultation. Our research highlights that such change is not merely about installing and using new technology. It involves introducing and sustaining major changes to a complex system with multiple interacting components.ConclusionIf remote video consultations are to be adopted at scale, implementation will need to follow a socio-technical approach, continually adjusting the technology and work processes to become better aligned.

scholarly journals “Intertwangerlings”: A Multiple (Auto)Ethnography of Journeys, Gentle Collisions-Hard Boundaries, Statues, and Tilt and Turn Gate/Bridges at the 13th International Congress of Qualitative Research

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780042091161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Hodkinson ◽  
Ella Houston ◽  
Norman Denzin ◽  
Heather Adams ◽  
Davina Kirkpatrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
International Congress ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Shared Experiences ◽  
Auto Ethnography ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
New Beginnings ◽  
The University

The article introduces the concept of the “intertwangle,” a concept grounded within the gentle collisions of delegates at the 13th International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry at the University of Illinois and the simultaneous retelling of multiple autoethnographies of such encounters. Through such encounters and “retellings,” perhaps a different way of thinking about autoethnography is developed. The article presents a story of a journey to and through the 13th Congress. A journey of no answers and no certainty—this journey is not a collaborative sharing of data but more of the gentle collisions and the recounting of different stories located within shared experiences. It is a simple journey bounded by way-markers of uncertainty, at times self-deprecation, loss, and death. It is a journey of new beginnings, of no ends—of uncertainty rather than certainty, revealing rather than obscuring and expanding rather than reducing.

scholarly journals Qualitative Research in I-O Psychology: Maps, Myths, and Moving Forward

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 693-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Pratt ◽  
Silvia Bonaccio
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Research Tradition

Qualitative methods are gaining prominence in psychology, as well as related fields such as organizational behavior. Yet, we can find little evidence of qualitative research in our top industrial–organizational (I-O) psychology journals. We argue that the lack of research employing qualitative methods is a loss for the field, and we explore the reasons why few scholars adopt this approach. We then explore where this type of research is published and where it is not. Finally, we discuss and debunk several myths that continue to characterize qualitative methods with an eye toward encouraging a greater appreciation and acceptance of this research tradition.

scholarly journals Az innovációterjedés lehetőségei egy technológiai piacon (Opportunity of the innovation on a technologic market)

2007 ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
András Bauer ◽  
Dóra Horváth ◽  
Ariel Zoltán Mitev
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
New Technology ◽  
User Acceptance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Research Techniques

Az innovációterjedés vizsgálatának számos módszere ismert a szakirodalomban, a leggyakoribb a szociológiai alapú közelítés, melynek marketingvonatkozásait alapvetően Rogers (1962) dolgozta fel. Rogers elmélete kettős – egyrészt elméleti szegmentációt nyújt az innováció elfogadásához, másrészt bemutatja a sikeres innovációelfogadás tényezőit. Az elmélet további alkalmazása során egy viszonylag egységes, de – mint ahogy a szerzők 2005-ben végzett kutatásából kiderült – nem feltétlen valós kép alakult ki az egyes fogyasztói csoportokról. A legtöbb innovációs kutatás kvantitatív jellegű, amily eleve feltételezi, hogy pontosan ismerjük a probléma szerkezetét. Radikálisan új megoldások esetében azonban nem feltétlenül rendelkezünk ilyen ismeretekkel, s szükséges lehet egy feltáró kutatás elvégzése. A szerzők vizsgálatukban alapvetően kvalitatív kutatási technikákat alkalmaztak: a résztvevők megfigyelését, a strukturálatlan interjút, mélyinterjút egyaránt használták, és a felhasználók, illetve az érdekelt vállalatok széles körét vonták be a kutatásba. _____________ In their paper the authors study the user acceptance of a new innovation, wifi applications in a technologically less developed market with qualitative research techniques. They used Rogers’ framework of aspects of the diffusion of innovation, to explore whether those factors are traceable and have influence in the spreading of hotspot. Their objective was to explore the factors of diffusion of innovation in a less developed market, what the major possible success factors of introducing wifi solutions for operating hotspots. They found that current users show two separate groups: one group is the technology freak, trend follower innovators. The other group is also technologically well-educated more conservative – security sensitive professional users, innovators in the sense of using the new technology at the earliest stage, but hold negative attitudes towards the new application in question. This raises the question whether companies are to approach these innovators with differentiated strategy.

scholarly journals Effects of Climate Change on the Small Landholder’s Livelihoods: A Study of Tehsil Rajanpur, Punjab

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Zahid Zulfiqar ◽  
Kamran Ishfaq ◽  
Ashas Khan ◽  
Shakir Malik
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Economic Problems

Pakistan is an agricultural country and majority of the population are agrarian in its nature. It is evident that due to climate changes the sector is strongly affected. Mainly the small landholders are more affected by these climate changes. The focus of the study is small landholders. To study the area holistically the objectives of the study were to find out means by which climate change affects small landholders’ livelihoods, to study socio-economic problems faced by small landholders and to know cultural beliefs of small landholders regarding climate change, to see adaptation techniques opted by small landholders to survive the harms of climate change. To accomplish the objectives, qualitative research approach was used in which thematic research design was followed. Data was gathered through focus group discussion. Purposive sampling technique was used to select respondents. In it interviews were conducted from 70 respondents. The study resulted that extensive floods, changes in the rain pattern and increased temperature are the means by which crops are being more vulnerable to the disease. It was also found that small landholders strongly believed that the climatic changes were divinely controlled and regulated so these changes are the result of their sins and cruel deeds and they could not control it and they did not use the new technology.

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