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Table 3

Methods for meeting trustworthiness criteria

Criteria	Methods	Reasons
Credibility	- Triangulating data from internal company reports, websites, and news sources to strengthen evidence - Validating key findings with interviewees to verify accuracy and address misinterpretations - Conducting follow-up contacts to clarify ambiguous responses	To ensure that the findings accurately represent participants' perspectives and are free from misinterpretation
Transferability	- Providing thick descriptions of the interview context, as detailed in Table 2	To enable assessment of whether the findings can be generalised or applied to other contexts
Dependability	- Using purposive sampling to select information-rich participants - Ensuring confidentiality of informants to support dependable findings	To ensure the stability of the findings over time
Confirmability	- Transcribing and electronically archiving all interviews - Documenting the thematic identification and analysis process - Using an interview protocol based on a literature review	To ensure that the findings objectively reflect the data, rather than the researchers' own interpretations or biases

Criteria	Methods	Reasons
Credibility	- Triangulating data from internal company reports, websites, and news sources to strengthen evidence - Validating key findings with interviewees to verify accuracy and address misinterpretations - Conducting follow-up contacts to clarify ambiguous responses	To ensure that the findings accurately represent participants' perspectives and are free from misinterpretation
Transferability	- Providing thick descriptions of the interview context, as detailed in Table 2	To enable assessment of whether the findings can be generalised or applied to other contexts
Dependability	- Using purposive sampling to select information-rich participants - Ensuring confidentiality of informants to support dependable findings	To ensure the stability of the findings over time
Confirmability	- Transcribing and electronically archiving all interviews - Documenting the thematic identification and analysis process - Using an interview protocol based on a literature review	To ensure that the findings objectively reflect the data, rather than the researchers' own interpretations or biases