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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"interpretivist approach"”.
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Complexity–based tools to complement project management methodologies: an interpretivist approach to project management implementation
When projects fail, this is often because the social situation is more complex than anticipated. If project teams complement their methodologies by utilising tools designed to interpret complex situations at key points, these projects are more likely to succeed. This research investigates how to …
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An interpretivist approach for the development of a behavioural framework to support the adoption of waste minimisation behaviour of contractors : the case study of Jordan
… deal with CW and its associated issues.Different approaches and techniques have been established over the years by many researchers and practitioners worldwide, who have sought to determine optimal methods to support CWM. More recently, increasing attention has been placed on addressing the role …
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Managing asymmetric threats to national security - terrorist information operations
To determine an appropriate methodological approach for managing asymmetric threats to national security, this study investigates factors affecting Australia's national security from the information operations of terrorist groups and their use of such to conduct Information warfare. This is because …
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The semiotics of visible face make-up: The masks women wear
… their own self-identity. The study utilises an interpretivist approach and uses a qualitative methodology in the form of phenomenology. The theoretical framework used to underpin this research is semiotics and this study examines the sign of make-up using two different semiotic perspectives …
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Differential Outcomes: causes and pedagogical responses
… research in two phases. In both phases I used an interpretivist approach, within a participatory action research methodology. I used mixed, quantitative and qualitative methods, in phase one; a student survey (n=372), in-depth student interviews (n=3), analysis of student support records (n=60), …
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The Criminalisation of Adverse Medical Events in Criminal Negligence Cases: Exploring Fate, Agency, and Pragmatism in the Construction of Blame for Alleged Physician Negligence
… of the criminal law. This project uses an interpretivist approach to examine how blameworthiness is constructed in criminal cases involving AME. Situated within a contextual constructionist paradigm, and utilizing a theoretical framework that draws on legal pragmatism, symbolic …
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The impact of employment skills support and inequalities at work on incentives to migrate: a case study of Kosovo
… the decisions made by individuals to migrate. An interpretivist approach has been adopted with a focus on qualitative data to achieve these objectives. The primary qualitative research involves thirty-one semi-structured interviews conducted with migrants, return migrants, workers, job seekers, …
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The "Equalizer" Administration: Managerial Strategies in the Public Sector
… the emerging interest of designing theorists on interpretivist approaches to the matter, such that of Karl Weick. A review of the the administrative reforms in Brazil is made from the perspective of the main stream organizational design conceptual framework. It highlights the complex dynamics of …
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An Exploration of the Terms Educational System Leader and Educational System Leadership
… and educational system leadership, using an interpretivist approach (Thomas, 2017) to understand how these are perceived by educational leaders, advisers and policy influencers. Grounded in sociocultural theory (Rogoff, 1990, 1995, 2003), the research is framed by two central questions: What …
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An Exploration into the Provision and Delivery of Sport Psychology within Professional Football Academies in England
… This thesis adopts a qualitative, interpretivist approach to explore the current provision of sport psychology in elite youth football academies in England. The study examines the perspectives of key stakeholders, including academy staff, coaches, and players, to identify both the …
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Assessing students in English for Academic Purposes: The role of alternative assessment tools in writing instruction
… into question the value of other indirect approaches to language assessment (Reeves, 2000; Sharifi, & Hassaskhah, 2011; Tsagari, 2004). The study draws its theoretical foundation from the constructivist’s view of education (Canagarajah, 1999; Schunk, 2009; Vygotsky, 1962). The study …
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Moving from interpretivism to critical realism in IS research: An exploration and supporting IT outsourcing example
… underpinnings of particular research approaches can provide the opportunity to be ones own guide and to work out critically one's own conception of the world. It suggests that the adoption of critical realism as the underlying philosophical base can support research in a useful and …
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An exploration of adventure tourism participation and consumption
… and consumption. My research ethos reflects an interpretivist approach and my empirical publications predominantly report on qualitative data drawn from interviews and surveys with adventure tourists. The research contribution is achieved through two Focal Concepts. Firstly, adventure tourism …
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Structural constraints and situational information seeking: a test of two predictors in a sense-making context
… In examining traditional, structuralist, and interpretivist approaches, these two issues seem to have similar bases. Rather than abandon a focus on individual behavior in favor of structural concerns, the purpose of the study is to try to address these concerns using actor assessments of …
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Job Crafting and Employee Engagement Among Millennials in Retail
… research adopted a qualitative multiple-case approach, exploring the interrelationship between job crafting and employee engagement within this demographic group in the retail sector. The research employed a constructivist-interpretivist approach, emphasising the active role of participants in …
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How can the combination of intelligence, innovation and interfacing help take a hi-tech SME to market?: A case study
… research undertaken combined multiple methods of approach including autoethnographic participant observation, in-depth responsive interviews and inquiry from within the case study company as the researcher was fully embedded in the business for 18 months. This combination of these methods enabled …
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A constructivist approach to developing interactive digital technology for musical learning
… are to investigate and identify new designs and approaches for classroom music-making with technology, to integrate educational theory and software development in this field, and to promote musical creativities at the individual and social level. Following a constructivist-interpretivist …
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A continuum approach to lifestyle entrepreneurship.
… to enter the market and their subsequent approach to business. Research into these small firms has shown that the owner/operators may create their businesses for a variety of reasons. However an emerging perspective is that not all individuals will actively pursue traditional objectives …
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Influence of executive turnover on middle management’s vertical codeswitching in South African organisations
… undertaken using a qualitative, exploratory and interpretivist approach to obtain new insights into the phenomenon of vertical code-switching. Fifteen in-depth, semi-structured interviews were performed with middle managers to explore how they balanced power during an internal organisational …
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Resilience and sustainability in the informal economy: an exploration of Cape Town's informal food traders amidst disruption
… incomes. Building on the strengths of inductive, interpretivist approach, this qualitative study explores how informal traders respond to disruption to increase the sustainability of their businesses in Cape Town, South Africa. Using data collected through semi-structured interviews and …
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