Figure 2
The flowchart consists of seven stages arranged vertically, connected by downward arrows, and labeled from top to bottom as follows: Stage 1 is titled “Semi-structured interviews” and contains the text “28 M T C experts were recruited via snowball sampling and interviewed through semi-structured interviews”. Stage 2 is titled “Data familiarisation” and contains the text “Transcription of interviews and immersion in the data through repeated readings”. Stage 3 is titled “Coding” and contains the text “Identification and tagging of relevant segments across all interview transcripts using N Vivo 14 software”. Stage 4 is titled “Theme identification” and contains the text “Grouping of related codes under broader patterns, guided by I D T”. Stage 5 is titled “Theme review” and contains the text “Evaluation of whether the preliminary themes accurately represent the coded data and are consistent with the full dataset”. Stage 6 is titled “Theme definition” and contains the text “Refinement and naming of themes, guided by I D T”. Stage 7 is titled “Reporting” and contains the text “Production of the final report by aligning themes with research questions and theoretical foundations”. The first stage is labeled “Data collection”. The second through the seventh stages are collectively labeled “Deductive thematic data analysis.Research methodology and thematic analysis process guided by IDT for identifying barriers to CE adoption in MTC. Source: Authors’ own work