Overview of data sources
| Source type | Degree of formalization | Recording mode | Analytical use | Validation strategy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-structured interviews | Protocol-based | Audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim | Primary source for identifying change drivers, strategic intentions and managerial interpretations | Cross-referenced with internal documents |
| Informal conversations | Unstructured notes recorded after each interaction | Documented in reflexive research journal | Contextual and generative: orienting interpretations, surfacing organizational tensions and revealing discrepancies between everyday accounts and formal narratives | Systematically compared with formal interviews and internal documents; divergent perspectives returned to formal sources for clarification |
| Internal documents | Institutionally produced, pre-existing or research-generated | Collected and archived | Primary source for tracing strategic actions, economic outcomes and political outcomes | Triangulated with interview data |
| Source type | Degree of formalization | Recording mode | Analytical use | Validation strategy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-structured interviews | Protocol-based | Audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim | Primary source for identifying change drivers, strategic intentions and managerial interpretations | Cross-referenced with internal documents |
| Informal conversations | Unstructured notes recorded after each interaction | Documented in reflexive research journal | Contextual and generative: orienting interpretations, surfacing organizational tensions and revealing discrepancies between everyday accounts and formal narratives | Systematically compared with formal interviews and internal documents; divergent perspectives returned to formal sources for clarification |
| Internal documents | Institutionally produced, pre-existing or research-generated | Collected and archived | Primary source for tracing strategic actions, economic outcomes and political outcomes | Triangulated with interview data |
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