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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Multi-method Research"”.
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The Effect of Executive Style on Risk Management: A Healthcare Supply Chain Context
… of a hospital’s risk management efforts. Through multi-method research, this study seeks to understand the effects of management on healthcare risk management maturity. Survey and interview methods were used to understand the relationship between healthcare supply chain managers and the effect …
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Residential Constraints and the Political Geography of the Populist Radical Right
… and against both the popular narrative and prior research, PRR parties are often and increasingly stronger in areas seemingly removed from their key programmatic issues related to immigration and the effects of growing international economic and political integration. To explain this puzzle, I …
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I'm Fine: Systemic Affect of Critical Incidents in Emergency Medical Service Personnel Communication
… of scholarship surrounding EMS communication. Research from other military and other fields was translated into the EMS community. Mental illness is a growing concern in EMS as 37% contemplate suicide and 6% complete it. Part of understanding the affect is an exploration of how the culture of …
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Identity-portfolio-management: a data-led research study of organisational entrant engagement in processes of identity-creation and identity management
… was achieved through the utilisation of a multi-method research design, with a quantitative component supporting the dominant qualitative component of the research study. The data collected from the participants, thirty-four first year mature students in two Irish Universities, was …
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An exploratory study to investigate aspects of the philosophy, method and practical application of pluralist evaluation of counselling
… psychotherapy. Current models of monistic and multi-method research are seen as inadequate as each tends to actively undermine the other(s). Those that attempt to offer a broad range of data types often struggle to maintain adequate 'truth value' for all their statements and findings. A …
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Examining the gap between employees’ expectations and their experience of HR practices in luxury five-star hotels in Thailand. A cross-sector comparison of local hotels, national and international chains hotels
… five-star hotels in Thailand. It employs a multi-method research design using a pragmatic lens, mixed methods and sequential explanatory design through a survey of 578 respondents, followed by 62 semi-structured interviews, the study shows that national chain hotels are more willing and …
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Evidence based strategies to enable health promoting housing and communities in the private sector
… practitioner interventions and has required a multi-method research programme of theory and practice including case studies, focus groups, comparative studies, telephone and face-to-face interviews/semi-structured discussion in a variety of settings. The work consolidates housing and public …
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The influence of critical service incidents in a health and fitness club environment: exploring buyer and seller relationship perspectives.
… investigation adopted a pragmatic philosophy in methodological design, arguing that the research had to be conducted within real time business constraints. Action research was used as an umbrella strategy for this investigation which incorporated a multi-method research design that consisted of; …
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The Roberts Court Constitution of Freedom of Speech: Preferences, Principles, and the Study of Supreme Court Decision-making
… a puzzle that motivate a set of interrelated research questions: What is the nature of the Roberts Court’s constitution of freedom of expression? Is judicial behavior within this politically salient issue area explained by the ideological preferences or attitudes of the justices? If not, what …
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Institutional Reform in Support of Xi’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
… political foundation. This study employs a multi-method research design that integrates institutional analysis with time-series econometrics to examine both the organizational transformation and empirical effects of the campaign. Qualitatively, it traces the consolidation of disciplinary and …
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Building partner armies : US lessons for an era of strategic competition
… effective militaries in partner states? Current research delineates two predominant strategies employed by the United States when developing foreign security forces: the Rapport Building Approach and the Pressure-Based Approach. Both camps reveal important insights about security force assistance …
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Childhood maltreatment: developing a child protection training programme for student educators
… protection training programme. The study used multi-method research procedures, in terms of combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, and the data collection methods consisted of child protection training Audit; CPQE; vignette; training programme; and focus groups. The research found …
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e-Portfolio assessment in networked learning based communities
There is a substantial body of research suggesting the advantages of using e- Portfolios in higher education assessment, where work is collated by individuals to record their learning. The use of learning communities in this context is an under-researched area, despite the number of e-Portfolios …
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The Making Of The Corporate Agri-Food System In Egypt
… heightened commodification of food in Egypt. Multi-method research in Egypt indicated that while the growth of food that is made into a commodity form by corporations is not substantial in Egypt, it has contributed to the reconstitution of smallholder agriculture, growing class conflict, …
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To what extent does self-image affect brand preference when shopping for fast moving consumer goods (FMCG's)?: a study of the yellow fats category.
There has been a great deal of research investigating the affect of self-image on brand preference. While previous research has found that self-image does affect brand preference, much of this research has focused on high value and high involvement products. There is a significant gap in the …
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Flexible working in charitable organisations: An exploration of barriers and opportunities.
… million) registered in England and Wales. A multi-method research programme (Phase I: postal-questionnaire and Phase II: semi-structured interviews in four service-providing charities) was undertaken across a sample population of charitable organizations with varying core charity activities. …
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Amplifying a public's voice : online news readers' comments impact on journalism and its role as the new public space
… online news stories. This dissertation employs a multi-method research design that combines a large scale survey of journalists in the United States, in-depth interviews with journalists, content analysis and a discourse analysis of online news readers comments from five selected news stories with …
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Competitive versus Collaborative: Exploring the Negotiation Strategy Impact on Relational Outcomes in Ongoing Buyer-Supplier Relationships
… ongoing buyer-supplier relationships. Previous research has identified two commonly utilized types of negotiation strategies that are incorporated into buyer-supplier negotiation encounters. The collaborative strategy seeks to achieve an outcome that is mutually beneficial, while a competitive …
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Some dilemmas in the development of social work education in Hungary.
The research investigates and presents the development and dilemmas confronting social services, social work education schools, social workers, educators, students and employers in Hungary since the 1980s and, in particular, the impact of educational approaches. The aims are to explore the …
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The community loses when it loses farmers: impacts of a changing local farmland market
… Illinois rural community of 1,000. Using a multi-method research design, data were obtained from: 1) extensive participant-observation of community life (2005-06); 2) 124 community and farmer surveys and in-depth background interviews; and 3) population and agricultural census data. The …
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