
Approaches to Qualitative Research
Theory and Its Practical Application, a Guide for Dissertation Students
Oak Tree Press
Published on 1. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
316 pages
978-1-904887-31-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a unique insight into various approaches to qualitative research, as practised at the cutting edge of academia in both Ireland and further afield. It brings together a number of academics from various universities and disciplines, each of whom contributes a chapter using a qualitative methodology of their own particular design. Additionally, the final chapter of the book contains a discussion conducted amongst a number of the contributing authors on various issues surrounding qualitative research methodologies, in general, and the conduct of research, in particular.
This book provides a unique insight into various approaches to qualitative research, as practised at the cutting edge of academia in both Ireland and further afield. It brings together a number of academics from various universities and disciplines, each of whom contributes a chapter using a qualitative methodology of their own particular design. Additionally, the final chapter of the book contains a discussion conducted amongst a number of the contributing authors on various issues surrounding qualitative research methodologies, in general, and the conduct of research, in particular.
This book provides a unique insight into various approaches to qualitative research, as practised at the cutting edge of academia in both Ireland and further afield. It brings together a number of academics from various universities and disciplines, each of whom contributes a chapter using a qualitative methodology of their own particular design. Additionally, the final chapter of the book contains a discussion conducted amongst a number of the contributing authors on various issues surrounding qualitative research methodologies, in general, and the conduct of research, in particular.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cork
Ireland
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-904887-31-7 (9781904887317)
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John Hogan | Paddy Dolan
Approaches to Qualitative Research
Theory & Its Practical Application - A Guide for Dissertation Students
E-Book
05/2014
1st Edition
Oak Tree Press (Ireland)
€15.39
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John Hogan | Paddy Dolan | Paul Donnelly
Approaches to Qualitative Research
Theory & Its Practical Application - A Guide for Dissertation Students
E-Book
09/2011
1st Edition
Oak Tree Press
€15.69
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Persons
JOHN HOGAN, BBS, MA, PhD is a political scientist, who has taught in the School of Law and Government, DCU; the Department of Political Science, Trinity College, Dublin; and in the Dublin Institute of Technology, where he teaches Irish Politics, American Politics, and Comparative International Political Economy. PADDY DOLAN, BSc, MSocSc, PhD is a sociologist, who has taught at Dublin City University and Trinity College Dublin and currently lectures in the Dublin Institute of Technology. PAUL DONNELLY BA(TCD), MBA (TCD), PhD (UMass), GradDipMM (DIT), DipPR (PRII), CDipAF (ACCA) is an organisational theorist, who has taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and now, at DIT, teaches business policy at the undergraduate level, and business ethics, negotiation and global marketplace at the postgraduate level.
JOHN HOGAN, BBS, MA, PhD is a political scientist, who has taught in the School of Law and Government, DCU; the Department of Political Science, Trinity College, Dublin; and in the Dublin Institute of Technology, where he teaches Irish Politics, American Politics, and Comparative International Political Economy. PADDY DOLAN, BSc, MSocSc, PhD is a sociologist, who has taught at Dublin City University and Trinity College Dublin and currently lectures in the Dublin Institute of Technology. PAUL DONNELLY BA(TCD), MBA (TCD), PhD (UMass), GradDipMM (DIT), DipPR (PRII), CDipAF (ACCA) is an organisational theorist, who has taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and now, at DIT, teaches business policy at the undergraduate level, and business ethics, negotiation and global marketplace at the postgraduate level.
JOHN HOGAN, BBS, MA, PhD is a political scientist, who has taught in the School of Law and Government, DCU; the Department of Political Science, Trinity College, Dublin; and in the Dublin Institute of Technology, where he teaches Irish Politics, American Politics, and Comparative International Political Economy. PADDY DOLAN, BSc, MSocSc, PhD is a sociologist, who has taught at Dublin City University and Trinity College Dublin and currently lectures in the Dublin Institute of Technology. PAUL DONNELLY BA(TCD), MBA (TCD), PhD (UMass), GradDipMM (DIT), DipPR (PRII), CDipAF (ACCA) is an organisational theorist, who has taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and now, at DIT, teaches business policy at the undergraduate level, and business ethics, negotiation and global marketplace at the postgraduate level.
Content
1. Introduction: John Hogan, Paddy Dolan & Paul Donnelly 2. Research Topic Selection & Development: Conor Horan 3. Ethnography: Visions & Versions: Marian Crowley-Henry 4. Postcolonial Redirection in International Managment Research & Fieldwork: Banu Ozkazanc-Pan 5. Researching the 'Doing' of Gender, Work-Family & Entrepreneurship: Methodological Considerations: Kristina A. Bourne 6. Focusing on Process & History: Path Dependence: Paul F. Donnelly 7. Piercing the Armoured Policy: Ideas & Macroeconomic Policy Change in Ireland & the UK: John Hogan & David Doyle 8. Using Documents: A Figurational Approach: Paddy Dolan 9. An Overview of Discourse Analytical Approaches to Research: Brendan K. O'Rourke 10. Analysing Focus Group Data: Olivia Freeman 11. Qualitative Methodology Discussion: Marian Crowley-Henry, Paddy Dolan, Paul Donnelly, Olivia Freeman, Conor Horan, Brendan. K. O'Rourke