scholarly journals Improving entrepreneurial research methodology: When research design fails

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-65
Author(s):  
Autumn Sadie O'Connor ◽  
Vicki Hutton
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Top Executives ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
New Research

The diverse endeavours undertaken by entrepreneurs have the potential to positively impact communities, and yet this population appears notoriously difficult to recruit for research. This paper reflects on declining research participation, particularly noted in top executives and the entrepreneurial community; and introduces a Master’s dissertation study which failed to recruit significant numbers of entrepreneurs for quantitative research purposes.  While ‘failed’ research may lack allure, it does provide valuable learning insights for students undertaking new research projects.  Quite apart from not repeating past mistakes, outlining research challenges may assist students to develop more creative and robust projects.  As such, this paper highlights two significant points regarding barriers to recruiting amongst entrepreneurs. First, we present evidence that entrepreneurs are often over-worked and time poor, and this impacts on their research participation; secondly, we highlight how entrepreneurs respond differently to research activities, and hereby, we offer some recommendations for improved research design.

scholarly journals Understanding Quantitative Design: A Resource for Qualitative Researchers

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carroll Bronson
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Qualitative Researcher ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Design

Quantitative Research for the Qualitative Researcher is a concise text written for students from a qualitative orientation. It provides connections between both quantitative and qualitative research processes, and helps students understand quantitative research design more completely. It highlights the structure and purpose of research design so students understand how to create and carry out effective research projects.

The state of the professionalisation of the records and archives management profession in Zimbabwe

2021 ◽  
pp. 026666692110600
Author(s):  
Njabulo Bruce Khumalo
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
The State ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling

The professionalisation of any given field is at the heart of establishing the records and archives management profession as well as making it visible and respected in the work space. Without professionalisation, records and archives management professionals will continue to be undermined in the workplace and thus, struggle to pursue the mission and purpose of managing records throughout their life cycle. This study sought to investigate the state of professionalisation of the records and archives management field in Zimbabwe with a view to recommending ways through which the field can work towards professionalising. A quantitative research methodology, a cross sectional survey research design and systematic random sampling otherwise known as ordinal sampling was applied.

scholarly journals Common Pitfalls in Conducting Quantitative Nursing Research: A Commentary and Suggestions to Facilitate Publication of Studies

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Novice Nurse ◽  
Specific Research ◽  
Design Attributes ◽  
The Common ◽  
Quality Of Research

Background: This article is a commentary on some of the common pitfalls that many researchers (including nurse researchers) experience when developing and implementing studies which impede their ability to publish their work. Purpose: The goal is to provide a summary and recommendations to assist novice nurse researchers with respect to some aspects of methodology and statistical analyses that are often overlooked and limit the validity of studies’ findings and the reliability of the results. Discussion: Specific research design attributes, data management and analyses procedures are identified that can be used to improve a study’s integrity and appeal to academic journals for publication. Conclusion: This article attempts to assist nurse researchers of all levels and in a variety of capacities to improve the quality of research and the ability to publish their studies. Keywords: Quantitative, Research, Methodology, Publication

Informetrics Research Methods Outlined

2020 ◽  
pp. 320-348
Author(s):  
Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Subject Domain ◽  
Epistemological Perspective ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Content Review ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

This chapter provides a conceptual scope of informetrics by defining the concept and demonstrating its relationship with bibliometrics, scientometrics, webometrics, cybermetrics, and altmetrics. It demonstrates that informetrics is a quantitative research design that assumes a realistic ontology and objectivism as the epistemological perspective. Based on the data that was extracted from Scopus as well as a content review of selected calls for papers, the chapter highligts methods and areas of informetrics research as reflected in the literature that was published in the subject domain and its sub-domains between 1991 and 2018. The author-supplied keywords, which were the items of analysis, yielded 96 interconnected research methods and 361 areas in which informetrics research can be applied or undertaken. Finally, the chapter provides informetrics students and developing researchers with an outline of the elements that would constitute their research proposals and research methodology chapters of their theses and dissertations.

The Diffusion and Use of Institutional Theory: A Cross-Disciplinary Longitudinal Literature Survey

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishanth Weerakkody ◽  
Yogesh K Dwivedi ◽  
Zahir Irani
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Current State ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
New Research

There is a plethora of theories to explore the disciplines of business, management and sociology, with institutional theory being widely used to explore a range of research challenges. In the area of Information Systems (IS), the use of institutional theory remains in its infancy, with much potential for adoption. Much of the rationale underpinning the proposed research is that a systematic review and synthesis of the normative literature may support the direction of further research and the use of institutional theory in exploring pertinent research challenges facing the IS community. This study also serves to signpost cross-disciplinary research, and thus opens up a whole new research paradigm. Therefore, this article seeks to provide a bibliometric analysis and a comprehensive and systematic review of the literature pertaining to institutional theory to ascertain the current ‘state of play’ of the theory. Information on a series of variables was extracted after conducting a review of 511 articles across various disciplines that have utilised institutional theory, published in 210 peer-reviewed journals between 1978 and 2008. The findings suggest that the positivist paradigm, empirical and quantitative research, the survey method and organisation/firm as a unit of analysis was used predominantly in combination with institutional theory. The results of this study may have implications for researchers, journal editors, reviewers and universities.

FOSTERING STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN ENGLISH WRITING WITH MICROBLOGGING IN TWITTER

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Thu Hien
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology

Twitter and Microblogging are two separate entities but completes each other. Both of them can be used as language learning tools and their potential has been proved by several scholars. This study tries to examine students’ experiences in integrating microblogging with twitter. It is also study about the beneficial roles of microblogging with Twitter in language learning, its relation to writing, and its appropriateness in language learning. This study employs a qualitative research methodology, and case study as its research design. Semi-structured interviews and questionnaires were employed in this study to find out about participants' views about microblogging and Twitter. From this study, it can be concluded that the participants of the study underwent various experiences during the implementation of microblogging with Twitter. They also felt that microblogging with Twitter at some point advantages them to systematically arrange their ideas, and allows them to choose appropriate diction of their ideas. They also stated that Twitter can be an appropriate means in language learning, especially in English writing<em>.</em>

MATERIAL HANDLING MACHINES AND SYSTEMS – UMI-TWINN PROJECT CONTRIBUTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Péter Telek ◽  
Béla Illés ◽  
Christian Landschützer ◽  
Fabian Schenk ◽  
Flavien Massi
Keyword(s):  
Material Handling ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Flow Process ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Scientific Excellence ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
New Research ◽  
Eu Project ◽  
The University

Nowadays, the Industry 4.0 concept affects every area of the industrial, economic, social and personal sectors. The most significant changings are the automation and the digitalization. This is also true for the material handling processes, where the handling systems use more and more automated machines; planning, operation and optimization of different logistic processes are based on many digital data collected from the material flow process. However, new methods and devices require new solutions which define new research directions. In this paper we describe the state of the art of the material handling researches and draw the role of the UMi-TWINN partner institutes in these fields. As a result of this H2020 EU project, scientific excellence of the University of Miskolc can be increased and new research activities will be started.

Narcissism, Personality Traits and Conspicuous Consumption of Brand in Youth

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Sabeen Khan ◽  
Ruhi Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Conspicuous Consumption ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship among Narcissism, personality traits and conspicuous consumption of brands in youth. This used quantitative research design with a sample consisting of 50 Men and 50 Women. The age ranged between 18 – 22 years. A purposive sampling technique was used to select participants. The findings revealed that there was a relationship among conspicuous consumption and traits of personality. It was also uncovered that there are gender differences in conspicuous consumption of brands, narcissism and personality traits. Further it was concluded that narcissism is positively associated with conspicuous consumption of brands. Narcissism was likely to be a positive predictor of conspicuous consumption of brands and personality traits are likely to be a predictor of conspicuous consumption of brands.

The Slovene literature in Austria (the national and the polycultural)

2020 ◽  
pp. 446-460
Author(s):  
Nadezhda N. Starikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
The State ◽  
National Minority ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Linguistic Terms ◽  
Protective Function ◽  
Slovenian Population ◽  
New Research

In 1920, the native Slovenian lands of southern Carinthia were included into the Austrian Republic, and the Slovenian population fell under the jurisdiction of the state, the official language of which was German. Under these conditions, literature in the native language became an important factor in the resistance against assimilation for the Carinthian Slovenes. However, decades later, the national protective function of the artistic word gradually came to naught. The contemporary literature of the Slovenian minority in Austria is a special phenomenon combining national and polycultural components and having two cultural and historical contexts, two identities - Slovenian and Austro-German. In aesthetic, thematic, linguistic terms, this literature is so diverse that it no longer fits into a literature of a national minority, and can no longer be automatically assigned to only one of the two literatures - Slovenian or Austrian. A variety of works, including proper Slovenian texts, hybrid bilingual forms, and compositions in German, of course, requires a new research methodology that would expand existing approaches and could cover the literary practice of those who create a panorama of Carinthian reality, which is in demand both in Slovenia and in Austria.

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