Interview Process
Stage 1 | Selected Nepalese businesses | Developed contact list by finding the location of Nepalese minority businesses |
| Created interview guide | Based on the research objectives and literature review (from a list of 41 questions and explanation choose 23 interview questions) | |
| Conducted pilot interview | To meet the research objective Three Nepalese women entrepreneurs | |
| Developed revised interview guide | Made necessary corrections in questions and made them understandable to interviewee (reduced to 19 interview questions) | |
| Stage 2 | Actual interviews Conducted | Booked interview appointment by contacting potential participants |
| Recorded and transcribed interviews | Mobile and recording device were used to record the interviews and transcribe in a word document | |
| Key concepts (open coding) | Printed all transcribed interviews and coded them by reading again and again | |
| Key sub-themes (Axial coding) | Categorised all related open codes into subthemes | |
| Key themes (Selective coding) | Positioned all categorises underneath the themes | |
| Stage 3 | Additional interviews conducted | After reviewing literature review and all collected interviews |
| Analysed all interviews | By following stage 2 and stopped undertaking interviews | |
| Identified emerging concepts | ||
| Summarised all key findings |
| Selected Nepalese businesses | Developed contact list by finding the location of Nepalese minority businesses | |
| Created interview guide | Based on the research objectives and literature review (from a list of 41 questions and explanation choose 23 interview questions) | |
| Conducted pilot interview | To meet the research objective | |
| Developed revised interview guide | Made necessary corrections in questions and made them understandable to interviewee (reduced to 19 interview questions) | |
| Actual interviews | Booked interview appointment by contacting potential participants | |
| Recorded and transcribed interviews | Mobile and recording device were used to record the interviews and transcribe in a word document | |
| Key concepts (open coding) | Printed all transcribed interviews and coded them by reading again and again | |
| Key sub-themes (Axial coding) | Categorised all related open codes into subthemes | |
| Key themes (Selective coding) | Positioned all categorises underneath the themes | |
| Additional interviews conducted | After reviewing literature review and all collected interviews | |
| Analysed all interviews | By following stage 2 and stopped undertaking interviews | |
| Identified emerging concepts | ||
| Summarised all key findings |
Source(s): Authors’ own work
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