Dialectical Inquiry: A Structured Qualitative Research Method

Autor/inn/en	Berniker, Eli; McNabb, David E.
Titel	Dialectical Inquiry: A Structured Qualitative Research Method
Quelle	In: Qualitative Report, 11 (2006) 4, S.643-664 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-0147
Schlagwörter	Qualitative Research; Technology Transfer; Research Methodology; Validity; Interviews; Data Interpretation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Technologietransfer; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Gültigkeit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung
Abstract	This paper presents Dialectical Inquiry (DI) as a structured qualitative research method for studying participant models of organizational processes. The method is applied to rich secondary anecdotal data on technology transfer, gathered by subject-matter experts in a large firm. DI assumes that the imposition of a dialectical structure will produce emergent theories in tacit use by organizational actors. As such, it serves as a meta-structure for grounded research. Three competing models were discovered in the data. Each model was analyzed in the context of other models to reveal governing assumptions and counter assumptions. It is demonstrated that each model grasps essential truths, but is necessarily incomplete, and would fail due to internal contradictions. The internal and external validity of the results were tested in a manner consistent with qualitative research. (Contains 3 figures and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10