.... Oleksandr Tkachenko can be contacted at: tkachenko@unm.edu 13 10 2021 05 01 2022 17 01 2022 20 01 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Case study Case study methodology Research design Qualitative research...

...Thomas G. Reio, Jr Purpose Nonexperimental research, defined as any kind of quantitative or qualitative research that is not an experiment, is the predominate kind of research design used in the social sciences. How to unambiguously and correctly present the results of nonexperimental research...

... at: rajashi.ghosh@drexel.edu Causality HRD Research design Critical review Mediation Temporal order of data Thus, the purpose of this paper is to reconsider if and how the conditions traditionally deemed to be necessary for testing causal relationships between predictor and outcome variables via...

...Kim Nimon; Daniel H. Robinson Purpose The purpose of this editorial is to introduce the special issue, “The Quest for Scientific Discipline in HRD Research: Designs that Support Causal Inference”. Design/methodology/approach This special issue presents seven papers that consider human resource...

...Helen McGrath; Thomas O'Toole Purpose The main aim of this paper is to develop guidelines on the critical issues to consider in research design in an action research (AR) environment for SME network capability development. Design/methodology/approach The issues in research design for AR...