Qualitative empirical research in strategic management

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 637-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Bettis ◽  
Alfonso Gambardella ◽  
Constance Helfat ◽  
Will Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research

Education of Mothers in Childcare

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Zuzana Vařejková
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Information Resource ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research ◽  
Definition Of

This paper deals with the education of mothers in the care of the child and is a project of qualitative empirical research. First, it presents a theoretical definition of the topic – parenting, child care and parental learning. Subsequently, it describes the methodology and results of qualitative research which dealt with the issue of parental education of mothers in child care, specifically their access to information resource.

Strategic Management of International Subcontracting

2010 ◽  
pp. 1924-1934
Author(s):  
Yue Wang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
International Business ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Cost Model ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Relational Contract

Research on international subcontracting has been policy-oriented and industry-focused. There is a lack of understanding of the phenomenon from strategic management and international business perspectives. This article conceptualizes international subcontracting as a type of relational contract formed by buyers and suppliers from different countries, aiming to facilitate the sourcing of products or components with buyer-specific requirements. It builds a transaction cost model for studying the strategic choice of international subcontracting as an intermediate governance structure, sitting between arm’s length outsourcing arrangement and vertically integrated multinational enterprises (MNEs). A set of propositions are developed to aid future empirical research and to provide managers with some guidelines for organizing supply chain across borders. The model also allows managers to examine the complex nature of a range of subcontracting relationships and identify the specific mechanisms that can be used to preserve and manage the dyadic principal-subcontractor exchanges.

scholarly journals Pre-Strike Ballots and Collective Bargaining: The Impact of Quorum and Ballot Mode Requirements on Access to Lawful Industrial Action

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-376
Author(s):  
Breen Creighton ◽  
Catrina Denvir ◽  
Richard Johnstone ◽  
Shae McCrystal ◽  
Alice Orchiston
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research ◽  
Industrial Action ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Key Features ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In 2016, the UK Parliament passed the Trade Union Act 2016 (TU Act 2016), which introduced new quorum and approval requirements for pre-strike ballots. In Australia, mandatory pre-strike ballots, including a quorum requirement, were first introduced in 2006. This article explains the key features of the Australian pre-strike ballot system and reports on quantitative and qualitative empirical research findings on the operation of the ballots process to analyse the majority and quorum requirements, mode of ballot (postal, attendance or electronic) and choice of ballot agent. Quorum is the biggest obstacle to Australian unions authorising strike action under the pre-strike ballot rules, and postal ballots fail to reach quorum at significantly higher rates than do attendance ballots. By introducing quorums and retaining the requirement that all pre-strike ballots must be conducted by post, the TU Act 2016 endorsed the two factors under the Australian regime most likely to impede the authorisation of strike action in a pre-strike ballot.

scholarly journals Coding and data analysis during qualitative empirical research in Practical Theology

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petria M. Theron
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Practical Theological

I dedicate this article to Prof. George Lotter, who has been instrumental in the formation of more than 90 postgraduate students in practical theological studies at the North-West University (NWU). Under his guidance, a significant amount of empirical research has been conducted. This is in line with a movement among scholars, both national and international, towards a more empirical approach in Practical Theology. It is therefore indispensable that both lecturers and students in Practical Theology should further develop their empirical research capacities. In this article, it is argued for a more systematic approach during the coding and data analysis phase of qualitative research and the article concludes with a proposed model for coding and data analysis in practical theological studies.Kodering en data-analise tydens kwalitatiewe empiriese navorsing in Praktiese Teologie. Hierdie artikel word aan prof. George Lotter opgedra. Deur die jare was hy instrumenteel in die vorming van meer as 90 nagraadse studente in Praktiese Teologie by die Noord-Wes Universiteit (NWU). Baie empiriese navorsing het onder sy leiding plaasgevind. Dit is in ooreenstemming met die nasionale en internasionale tendens van ’n meer empiriese benadering in Praktiese Teologie. Dit is dus van die uiterste belang dat Praktiese Teologie-dosente en -studente se vaardighede in empiriese navorsing verder ontwikkel moet word. In hierdie artikel word aangetoon dat ’n meer sistematiese benadering gevolg moet word tydens die kodering en die data-analisefase van kwalitatiewe navorsing. ’n Model vir die kodering en data-analise vir navorsing in Praktiese Teologie word ook voorgestel.

scholarly journals The Influence of Individual Spirituality Toward Spirit at Work in Enhancing Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-59
Author(s):  
Amelia Naim Indrajaya
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Workplace Spirituality ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Individual Spirituality ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
Higher Purpose

The low spirit, lack of higher purpose and meaning in the workplace has an impact towards employees’ morale. Eventually, the commitment to moral will decrease employees’ productivity and organizational commitment at work. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the inluence of individual spirituality toward spirit at work and how it enhances job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The quantitative research through questionnaires was conducted in the branch ofice of PT. Telkom with the highest revenue in the Central of Jakarta. The indings show the importance of workplace spirituality in enhancing job satisfaction and organizational commitments as important factors in increasing company’s performance. Despite the growing belief that workplace spirituality signiicantly relates to performance, the evidence is still needed based on academically proven empirical research that great spirituality is part of the strategic management approach toward better performance. Furthermore, this study supported the hypotheses that individual spirituality is positively impacting spiritat work and in turn positively enhancing job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Further quantitative explanatory approach and/or qualitative exploratory approach will be needed to reach a more solid conclusion.

scholarly journals Strategic Management Practices in Brazilian Dance Companies: Between Art and Cultural Industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-150
Author(s):  
Doris Dornelles de Almeida ◽  
Peter Bent Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Cultural Industry ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Dance Studies ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Dance Companies ◽  
Considerable Concern

This paper highlights trough theoretical and empirical research the main practices of dance companies‟ strategic management in Brazil. The theoretical investigation deepens themes as sponsorship, strategic planning, creation and implementation of creative strategies and economic sustainability in dance companies. The empirical research evolves qualitative method, exploratory and interviews with seven Brazilian dance companies managers from: Goiânia (1), Rio Grande do Sul (3), Paraná (1), Rio de Janeiro (1) e São Paulo (1). The analysis of the main practices of dance companies‟ strategic management is: few practice and considerable concern about strategic management planning; resistance to apply management techniques enforcement; audience and sponsors should have limited influence in dance companies‟ management; difficulty to accept itself inside the competitive cultural industry market. This study contributes for the development and state of art of Management science and Dance studies.

How Does Terrorism Change the Business Landscape for Firms?

2022 ◽  
pp. 267-293
Author(s):  
Luis Alfonso Dau ◽  
Elizabeth M. Moore ◽  
Max Abrahms
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Firm Behavior ◽  
Memory Theory ◽  
Firm Creation ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Framework

This chapter introduces a new framework for understanding firm creation and firm behavior in the face of terrorism and its ensuing risks such as institutional disruption. There is surprisingly scant theoretical or empirical research on how terrorism impacts firms and their ability to be agile in the face of risk. The extant strategic management literature is underdeveloped for making such assessments because it largely ignores the socio-cognitive impact of collective traumas on society. Building on the traditional assumptions of institutional theory from strategic management, the authors incorporate cosmopolitan memory theory from the field of international relations to offer a theoretically grounded set of testable predictions about terrorism's effects on both new and existing firms.

Strategic approaches in Australian SMEs: Deliberate or emergent?

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Retha Wiesner ◽  
Bruce Millett
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Business Plan ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Strategy Making

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to determine whether Australian SMEs could be characterised as ‘deliberate’ or ‘emergent’ in their strategic approaches. More specifically, surveying 1230 Australian SMEs, this paper focuses on answers to the following questions: What is the nature and prevalence of strategic practices in Australian SMEs? and to what extent does firm size differentiate the patterning and prevalence of strategic practices? The findings add to the little empirical research showing the principal activities and tools that comprise the strategic practices undertaken in Australian SMEs. Overall, and in both small and medium enterprises respectively, strategic thinking and action seem to be undertaken with the use of a framework of a written business plan which is in line with the ‘deliberate’ approach; however few sophisticated strategy making techniques were employed. Researchers and practitioners may find it valuable to develop tools that will naturally suit SME firms so that these tools can be of more value. Academics and tertiary institutions will be well advised to develop strategic management courses which also specifically focus on more emergent approaches designed for smaller firms including specially developed techniques and tools that are less time-consuming and expensive to use and more suited to smaller firms. This would enable SMEs to expand the range of strategy making tools they employ.

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