Tag: statistical analysis
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What is your research paradigm?
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the basic meaning of the term paradigm as “a pattern or model, an exemplar”. In terms of your own research, paradigm means the way of examining social phenomena. Burrell and Morgan (1982) suggest a taxanomy of four different paradigms as a result of crossing two variables: objectivism/subjectivism and radical change/regulation.…
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Are you “resources” or “feeling” researcher? #understandingresearchphilosophies
As researcher you are creating new knowledge. But, what is or not knowledge for you? Two main views may be adopted. (1) The researcher who concerns on numbers and countable elements: “resources” researcher (2) The researcher who concerns more with the feelings and attitudes of the people involved in the organization studied: “feeling” researcher 1.…