Verification strategies used to strengthen trustworthiness
| Strategy | Description | Application in current research |
|---|---|---|
| Methodological coherence | Congruence between the research question and the components of the method | Research design, sampling approach, data collection and thematic analysis procedures are explicitly described and aligned with the study's purpose of examining followership meaning-making within the organisational setting |
| Appropriate sample | Participants who best represent or have knowledge of the research topic | Purposive sampling (supplemented by snowball referrals) recruited employees in subordinate roles across departments and organisational levels to access diverse experiential knowledge of followership in the organisation |
| Thinking theoretically | Emerging ideas are checked and refined through iterative engagement with the dataset | Analysis proceeded iteratively through open and axial coding/theme development, supported by reflexive memoing and repeated checking of emerging interpretations against the interview transcripts, recordings and notes, and comparison across participants as patterns were refined |
| Strategy | Description | Application in current research |
|---|---|---|
| Methodological coherence | Congruence between the research question and the components of the method | Research design, sampling approach, data collection and thematic analysis procedures are explicitly described and aligned with the study's purpose of examining followership meaning-making within the organisational setting |
| Appropriate sample | Participants who best represent or have knowledge of the research topic | Purposive sampling (supplemented by snowball referrals) recruited employees in subordinate roles across departments and organisational levels to access diverse experiential knowledge of followership in the organisation |
| Thinking theoretically | Emerging ideas are checked and refined through iterative engagement with the dataset | Analysis proceeded iteratively through open and axial coding/theme development, supported by reflexive memoing and repeated checking of emerging interpretations against the interview transcripts, recordings and notes, and comparison across participants as patterns were refined |
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