Rigor in Qualitative Research
https://journals.lww.com/dccnjournal/Fulltext/2017/07000/Rigor_or_Reliability_and_Validity_in_Qualitative.6.aspx
Pursuit of rigor in research: Illustration from coopetition literature
Article in Industrial Marketing Management · June 2016 with 247 Read
Devi R. Gnyawali
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Rigor consists of three key aspects: conceptual (the theoretical lens, constructs, and logic used to understand a phenomenon), methodological (how data are collected and analyzed to capture a phenomenon), and empirical (how findings are organized, distilled, and related to the theory).
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303782343_Pursuit_of_rigor_in_research_Illustration_from_coopetition_literature
From the Editors: Establishing Methodological Rigor in Quantitative
Management Learning and Education Research: The Role of Design,
Statistical Methods, and Reporting Standards.
Köhler, Tine. Academy of Management Learning and Education Volume: 16
Issue 2 (2017)