Qualitative Research in Education: A User's Guide - Book Information

Qualitative Research in Education: A User's Guide
Marilyn Lichtman
SAGE Publications, 20-Jan-2012 - Education - 368 pages


Qualitative Research in Education: A User’s Guide, Third Edition continues to bring together the essential elements of qualitative research, including traditions and influences in the field and practical, step-by-step coverage of each stage of the research process. Synthesizing the best thinking on conducting qualitative research in education, Marilyn Lichtman uses a conversational writing style that draws readers into the excitement of the research process.


http://books.google.co.in/books?id=p7l1dIBhcOAC


p. 168 has content on coding, categories and concepts

Steps Details
Step 1 Initial coding. Going from the responses to some central idea of the responses.
Step 2 Revising initial coding.
Step 3 Developing an initial list of categories or central ideas.
Step 4 Modifying your initial list based on additional rereading.
Step 5 Revisiting your categories and subcategories.
Step 6 Moving from categories into concepts (themes).

Phenomenology: Use in Management and Business Research

Basic Essay: Phenomenology: An Introduction

Article with focus on Phenomenology in Management and Business Research

Ehrich, Lisa (2005) "Revisiting phenomenology: its potential for management
research."

In Proceedings Challenges or organisations in global markets, British
Academy of Management Conference, pages pp. 1-13, Said Business School, Oxford
University.

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/2893/1/2893.pdf 

Sanders, P. (1982). Phenomenology: A new way of viewing organizational research.
The Academy of Management Review, 7, 353-360.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/257327?seq=3

The Case for Qualitative Research
The Academy of Management Review,  Vol. 5, No. 4, Oct., 1980
http://www.jstor.org/stable/257453?seq=8

Research Studies Using Phenomenology in Management Area

Crosetto, G.J. (2004). The experience of team emotion: A phenomenological study,
Doctor of Education dissertation (The George Washington University, 2004).
Dissertations Abstracts International, 65/03.

Ehrich, L.C. (1997). Principals and professional development: a phenomenological
study. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Queensland University of Technology,
Australia.

Gibson, S.K. & Hanes, L.A. (2003). The contribution of phenomenology to HRD
research. Human Resource Development Review, 2, 181-205.

Moreno, V. Jr (2001). The rupture and restructuring of professional self-identity: A
Phenomenological study of BPR experiences (Doctoral dissertation, University of
Michigan, 2001). Dissertations Abstracts International, 62/06.


The Meaning of Social Reality: Positivism vs. Phenomenology in Social Sciences
A Master thesis examining use of positivism and phenomenology in social sciences
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1301&context=opendissertations
(There are more dissertations on phenomenology in the above website)


Title: Phenomenology as a method for exploring management practice
 Author: Paschal Anosike; Lisa Catherine Ehrich; Pervaiz Ahmed
Journal: Int. J. of Management Practice, 2012 Vol.5, No.3, pp.205 - 224
 Abstract: Phenomenology is a term that has been described as a philosophy, a research paradigm, a methodology and equated with qualitative research. In this paper first we clarify phenomenology by tracing its movement both as a philosophy and as a research method. Next we make a case for the use of phenomenology in empirical investigations of management phenomena. The paper discusses a selection of central concepts pertaining to phenomenology as a scientific research method, which include description, phenomenological reduction and free imaginative variation. In particular, the paper elucidates the efficacy of Giorgi's descriptive phenomenological research praxis as a qualitative research method and how its utility can be applied in creating a deeper and richer understanding of management practice.

Husserl's Phenomenological Method in Management
Robert Shaw
http://academia.edu/1144051/Husserls_Phenomenological_Method_in_Management


Management and Transcendental Phenomenology: Strange Bedfellows?
By Patrick Bradbery.
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Volume 3, Issue 3, pp.221-230. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 602.639KB).


Doing Research Projects in Marketing, Management and Consumer Research
Christopher E. Hackley
This book mainly focuses on interpretive or qualitative research approaches for academic research
Routledge, 2003 - Business & Economics - 210 pages
Google Book Link with preview facility
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=q2JVrcKdBqIC

7th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies: Ecrm 2008
Academic Conferences Limited, 2008 - Business - 314 pages
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=3WJ6dTIr8iEC

  OK - http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao/phenomenology-use-in-management-and/2utb2lsm2k7a/ 3122

Management Thesis Using Phenomenology or Qualitative Research Methods

Developing an EDC performance evaluation toolkit for affiliated and non-affiliated hoteliers
2008
https://repository.cardiffmet.ac.uk/dspace/handle/10369/843


A PHENOMENOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF MARKETING STRATEGIES AND
PRICTICES: THE CASES IN CHINA'S TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE ENTERPRISES
2001
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ58345.pdf

Project Portfolio Management - Theory

Project Portfolio Management: Tools and Techniques
Parviz F. Rad, Ginger Levin
www.iil.com/publishing, 01-Jan-2006 - Business & Economics - 144 pages
Does your organization want to achieve success in prioritizing projects systematically, deliberately, and logically? Project Portfolio Management Tools and Techniques is written to demonstrate how to elevate your organization's project management thinking to the level beyond managing individual projects in a standalone fashion. This book is for those executives and other project professional who strive to have a formalized system of authorizing the right projects and abandoning the wrong projects, who desire to spend resources in the most efficient manner, and who want to have an actionable strategic plan for improving organizational project management sophistication. Project Portfolio Management Tools and Techniques deals with the full spectrum of project portfolio management (PPM) functions, from selecting projects through formalized portfolio management processes to facilitating the successful execution of projects through creating a formalized, project-friendly environment. This book will aid you in the implement of a PPM system, assist in gaining the necessary commitment from executive management, and provide guidelines for the modification of operational practices. Get ahead of the game by seeing a comprehensive project portfolio model that can help you establish yours successfully!

A literature review is included in the book
Google Book Link with Preview facility
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=PUavbSMdP7QC

Case Study Research - Theses, Dissertations and Papers

THE INTEGRATION OF PRODUCT INNOVATION AND STRATEGY PRACTICES IN FIVE FINNISH INDUSTRIES
Tommi Lehtonen
Helsinki University of Technology
BIT Research Centre
Innovation Management Institute
FINLAND
2005
Multiple case studies were used in this dissertation. It is a theory building research by a masters students in IE&M course.
www.imi.tkk.fi/publications/download/230/

Case Theory in Business and Management: Reinventing Case Study Research

Evert Gummesson

SAGE, 25-Jan-2017 - Business & Economics - 368 pages

'This meticulous book submits research and the research process to deep scrutiny. It debunks the unhelpful dichotomy between quantitative and qualitative research and highlights the great value of multi-method and interactive research, approaches that have greatly deepened our thinking.'

– Professor Adrian Payne, University of New South Wales, Australia / Professor Pennie Frow, University of Sydney

Setting out to dispel the argument that case study research lacks the science, theory and therefore validity of other forms of research, Evert Gummesson combines many decades of experience as both a renowned scholar and a reflective practitioner to effectively bridge the divide between case theory and how it is applied in practice.

Bringing the fundamental strengths of cases to the fore, Gummesson introduces the 'Case Theory' concept as an expanded version of case study research which includes both methodology and the types of results that emerge by:

Guiding the reader in the theoretical and philosophical underpinning Demonstrating how to translate theory to pertinent research practice that address the real and consequential issues in business and management today.

This book will appeal to students, academics and researchers who are interested in the science and philosophy behind case study research as well as the methodology and a thought-provoking read for anyone who wants to be challenged about their belief of case study theory.

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=dFW5DgAAQBAJ

Modern and Post Modern Portfolio Theories

Post-modern portfolio theory supports diversification in an investment portfolio to measure investment's
performance
Rasiah, Devinaga (2012) : Post-modern portfolio theory supports
diversification in an investment portfolio to measure investment's performance, Journal of
Finance and Investment Analysis, ISSN 2241-0996, International Scientific Press, Vol. 1, Iss. 1,
pp. 69-91
http://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/58003/1/688930476.pdf



Portfolio Selection in the Presence of Multiple Criteria
Ralph E. Steuer, Yue Qi, Markus Hirschberger
Published in: Handbook of Financial Engineering, Springer
Science, New York, (2008), pp. 3-24
http://www.terry.uga.edu/~rsteuer/PDF_Links/Handbook.pdf

Four Moment Portfolio Theory and Tests

Mean-Variance-Skewness-Kurtosis Portfolio
Optimization with Return and Liquidity
Xiaoxin W. Beardsley, Brian Field and Mingqing Xiao
Communications in Mathematical Finance, vol. 1, no.1, 2012, 13-49
ISSN: 2241 – 1968 (print), 2241 – 195X (online)
Scienpress Ltd, 2012
http://www.scienpress.com/Upload/CMF/Vol%201_1_2.pdf


PORTFOLIO SELECTION WITH HIGHER MOMENTS: A POLYNOMIAL GOAL
PROGRAMMING APPROACH TO ISE–30 INDEX
Gülder KEMALBAY,  C. Murat ÖZKUT and Ceki FRANKO
Ekonometri ve İstatistik Sayı:13 (12. Uluslararası Ekonometri, Yöneylem
Araştırması, İstatistik Sempozyumu Özel Sayısı) 2011 41–61
(Search Google for online document)

Multi-Factor Capital Asset Pricing Models - Theory and Tests

An Empirical and Theoretical Analysis of Capital Asset Pricing Model
Mohammad Sharifzadeh
Universal-Publishers, 18-Nov-2010
Google book with preview link
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=XRpPfLKjZk0C
The problem addressed in this dissertation research was the inability of the single-factor capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to identify relevant risk factors that investors consider in forming their return expectations for investing in individual stocks. Identifying the appropriate risk factors is important for investment decision making and is pertinent to the formation of stocks' prices in the stock market. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine theoretical and empirical validity of the CAPM and to develop and test a multifactor model to address and resolve the empirical shortcomings of the single-factor CAPM. To verify the empirical validity of the standard CAPM and of the multifactor model, five hypotheses were developed and tested against historical monthly data for U.S. public companies. Testing the CAPM hypothesis revealed that the explanatory power of the overall stock market rate of return in explaining individual stock's expected rates of return is very weak, suggesting the existence of other risk factors. Testing of the other hypotheses verified that the implied volatility of the overall market as a systematic risk factor and the companies' size and financial leverage as nonsystematic risk factors are important in determining stock's expected returns and investors should consider these factors in their investment decisions.


How to price hedge funds
From two to four moment CAPM
http://docs.edhec-risk.com/EAMD-2005/doc/Benefits%20for%20IIs%20of%20Investing%20in%20HFs/How%20to%20Price%20HFs.pdf

Cognitive Dissonance Theory and Tests

Cognitive Dissonance: 50 Years of a Classic Theory (Google eBook)
Joel Cooper
SAGE, 27-Mar-2007 - Psychology - 216 pages
In marking the 50th anniversary of the theory's inception, Joel Cooper - arguably the scholar most associated with dissonance research in the past few decades - has presented a beautiful, modern and comprehensive analysis of the state of dissonance theory. This book charts the progress of dissonance theory, assessing its impact not only within our understanding of psychology but in everyday experiences as well. It should be important reading for students in social psychology, either undergraduate or graduate, but equally relevant to a host of other readers who need to understand or share the same passions for appreciating the significance of cognitive dissonance in the human psyche.
Google Book link with preview facility
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=ztSKhudXJCYC


Perspectives on Cognitive Dissonance (Google eBook)
R. A. Wicklund, J. W. Brehm
Psychology Press, 15-Apr-2013 - Psychology - 348 pages
Published in 1976, Perspectives on Cognitive Dissonance is a valuable contribution to the field of Social Psychology.
Google Book link with preview facility
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Od8JW0fDfs0C


The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance and Experimental Research
Oshikawa, Sadaomi
November 1968
SOURCEJournal of Marketing Research (JMR);Nov68, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p429


COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: FIVE YEARS LATER *
NATALIA P. CHAPANIS AND ALPHONSE CHAPANIS
Johns Hopkins University
Psychological Bulletin, VOL. 61, No. 1 JANUARY 1964, Pp. 1-22
This article reviews critically the experimental evidence in support of
cognitive dissonance theory as applied to complex social events. The
criticisms which can be made of this literature fall into 2 main classes.
1st, the experimental manipulations are usually so complex and the
crucial variables so confounded that no valid conclusions can be drawn
from the data. 2nd, a number of fundamental methodological inadequacies in the analysis of results—as, e.g., rejection of cases and faulty
statistical analysis of the data—vitiate the findings. As a result, one
can only say that the evidence adduced for cognitive dissonance theory
is inconclusive. Suggestions are offered for the methodological improvement of studies in this area. The review concludes with the thesis that
the most attractive feature of cognitive dissonance theory, its simplicity,
is in actual fact a self-defeating limitation.

Share Holder Value - Dumbest Idea

No popular idea ever has a single origin. But the idea that the sole purpose of a firm is to make money for its shareholders got going in a major way with an article by Milton Friedman in the New York Times on September 13, 1970.

“In a free-enterprise, private-property sys­tem,” the article states flatly at the outset as an obvious truth requiring no justification or proof, “a corporate executive is an employee of the owners of the business,” namely the shareholders.

The executive is an employee of the corporation.

What’s interesting is that while the article jettisons one legal reality—the corporation—as a mere legal fiction, it rests its entire argument on another legal reality—the law of agency—as the foundation for the conclusions.

The article thus picks and chooses which parts of legal reality are mere “legal fictions” to be ignored and which parts are “rock-solid foundations” for public policy. The choice depends on the predetermined conclusion that is sought to be proved.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2013/06/26/the-origin-of-the-worlds-dumbest-idea-milton-friedman/


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