... as the research instrument, thereby acknowledging and accepting subjectivity, not fighting against it. Because of this, some question the rigor and validity of such subjectivity. In this chapter, we show how rigor can be threatened at each stage of the qualitative research process, and how researchers can ensure...

... accounts can still be valid as characteristic of interactions that would happen today. The counter argument to that is that where respondents are no longer available to negotiate meanings there is an intensification of interpretative authority with the evaluator – if not free licence. He...

.... No general information existed on this group, which puts into question the generalizability of the results. In this, the findings go in line with other studies on tourist mobility, where external validity has been difficult to achieve due to idiosyncrasy and place-specific situations. While passively...

.... Striebing’s findings (in this collection) on bullying experiences among the more than 20,000 scientific and non-scientific employees of the Max Planck Society also point to the validity of social identity theory and the relevance of minority status. ³ In general, the results of studies...

... that varied initial conditions in place for actors increased validity in theory tests. Recent studies have employed face-to-face groups to increase the range of situations to improve both internal and external validity. The authors include a brief history of how experiments have increased the range...

... and Research Design, Viswanathan, 2005 . Indicators of Measurement Error Reliability and Validity Measures should be evaluated on the basis of reliability (consistency or low random error) and validity (accuracy or no random or systematic error). To do so involves reliability analysis, a necessary condition...

... covers all related concepts, relating to this unique method of research. The focus is on bringing about rigor in case study research. Qualitative research case study interpretivist research theoretical propositions literal replication reliability Validity Introduction In contrast to the single...

...Summary In this chapter, I present the scientific pillar of the project. Given the political proposal that informs the book, it is necessary for me to show why and how such an activist endeavour as I propose produces valid and reliable knowledge. To this end, I deal with the historical debate...

... distance. Paradoxical findings that plague extant cultural distance research may be understood from the found lack of measurement equivalence. Distance culture measurement equivalence institutional profile Kogut-Singh index validity Introduction Wildly popular, the limitations of measures of cultural...

... of validity and generalizability, society benefits if scholars adopt multi-study approaches to knowledge generation and disseminate. Originality/value of the chapter – This chapter provides the most comprehensive review of multiple-study research packages in the organizational sciences to date, examining...