Figure 1
The diagram consists of multiple overlapping and nested oval shapes expanding from left to right. At the center-left, two overlapping circles are shown: one labeled “Systematic Literature Review (S L R)” and the other labeled “Narrative and Thematic Analysis, and System Dynamic Mapping”. These two circles are enclosed within a larger oval labeled “Research Method and Data Triangulation”. Surrounding this, progressively larger ovals extend outward to the right, each representing broader conceptual layers. The next oval is labeled “Methodology Narrative Inquiry”, followed by a larger oval labeled “Theoretical Position Interpretivism”. Beyond this, another oval is labeled “Epistemology Constructivism”, and the outermost oval is labeled “Ontology Idealism”. The arrangement shows a hierarchical structure where specific research methods and analyses are nested within broader methodological, theoretical, epistemological, and ontological frameworks.Research onion of the methodology. Source: Authors’ own work based on the model by Crotty (1998)