scholarly journals Some problems of the methodology of sociological research: Hommage to Vojin Milic

Sociologija ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Ilic ◽  
Marta Veljkovic
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Sequential Analysis ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Multiple Case

This article aims to achieve two main goals. Firstly, authors have tried to reconstruct the position of Vojin Milic (1922-1996) in the development of thought about (research) method. Therefore, they compared his standpoint with those developed one generation earlier (Znaniecki), those of his contemporaries (Good and Hatt), as well as with the work of present-day authors (Bryman). Special attention was paid to the importance of Milic?s study of the history of methodological thought and epistemology regarding the emergence of his ideas on data collecting methodology and procedures relevant for the analysis of causality. Secondly, along with this historical and scientific study, and guided by Merton?s critics of adumbrations, authors undertook a systematic examination of relationships between various research and analytical procedures within sociology: primary (original) experience, observation, sequential analysis, grounded theory, comparative method and multiple-case study.

Appropriating scientific vocabulary in chemistry laboratories: a multiple case study of four community college students with diverse ethno-linguistic backgrounds

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 604-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth B. Cink ◽  
Youngjin Song
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Classroom Culture ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Scientific Culture ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Chemistry Laboratories ◽  
Linguistic Backgrounds

This multiple case study investigated how college students with diverse ethno-linguistic backgrounds used chemistry vocabulary as a way to look at their discursive identities and cultural border crossings during first semester general chemistry laboratories. The data were collected in two major forms: video-taped laboratory observations and audio-recorded interviews. All transcribed data from videos and interviews were analyzed qualitatively, using the constant comparative method. Our results indicate that (1) participants explained the laboratories using vocabulary emphasized in both lecture and the laboratory; (2) participants were able to appropriate the scientific meanings of Dual Meaning Vocabulary (DMV) and Cross Meaning Vocabulary (CMV) into their discursive identities; (3) participants' prior English learning experiences and the classroom culture shaped their appropriation of scientific vocabulary and (4) participants' appropriation of chemistry language was deeply related to how they incorporated scientific culture into their everyday culture. These themes are discussed in depth using the cultural anthropological theoretical framework, the discursive identity lens, and a tiered definition of scientific vocabulary. Implications of this study are also discussed in terms of instruction and future research.

scholarly journals Amil Zakat Institute Compliance as A Form of Accountability from Accounting Aspects (Study in Madiun City)

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
Ahmad Kudhori ◽  
Dian Kusumaningrum ◽  
Hedi Pandowo
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Financial Report ◽  
Multiple Case

This study aims to determine the compliance of amil zakat institutions in financial management (accountability) and legal status. The research method uses descriptive qualitative analysis with multiple case study models of amil zakat institutions which have zakat distribution in Madiun City. Case studies include: BAZNAS, Infaq Management Institute (LMI), Muhammadiyah Alms Alms Zakat Institution (LAZISMU), Yatim Mandiri, Amil Zakat Institute Alms Alms Nahdatul Ulama (LAZISNU), and Baitul Maal Hidayatullah in Madiun City. There are 6 key informants and 5 supporting informants. The results of this study indicate that not all institutions carry out the process of preparing a standard financial report, which refers to PSAK 109, namely zakat, infaq, and alms accounting. The educational background of the management and the policies of each institution in the preparation of financial statements results in the incompatibility of financial statements that are made with generally accepted accounting standards.

scholarly journals Drawings as External Representations of Children’s Fundamental Ideas and the Emotional Atmosphere in Geometry Lessons

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Dubravka Glasnović Gracin ◽  
Ana Kuzle
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
External Representations ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Limited Communication ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Practical Implications

The important role that geometry plays in the mathematics curriculum has been extensively documented. However, the reduction of geometry in school mathematics, and the focus on basic computation and procedures, raises the question of the competencies students acquire and the classroom atmosphere in  geometry lessons. The goal of this multiple case study was to analyse four students’ conceptions of geometryand the emotional atmosphere in geometry lessons on an individual level. Drawings were used as external representations of the students’ geometrical ideas and the emotional atmosphere. The results show that the participants have a narrow understanding of geometry, and that geometry teaching in their classrooms is reduced to frontal teaching with very limited communication. Nevertheless, the emotional atmospherein these four cases could be described as positive or ambivalent. Based on the data, the results are discussed not only with regard to the utility of drawings as a research method to gain insights into students’ conceptionsof geometry and emotional atmosphere in geometry lessons, but also with regard to their theoretical and practical implications. 

Evaluation of BPS and its Impact

2015 ◽  
pp. 242-357
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Cross Case Analysis

The goal of this chapter is a qualitative analysis of the research models and the hypotheses developed in Chapter 4. Firstly, the case study research method, for both single and multiple case study research, is introduced. Then, the four case studies conducted are presented in detail, including the respective case background, the BPS initiative, as well as reflections on the respective BPS value creation. Finally, a cross-case analysis is presented in which the authors discuss the cases against the background of the research models developed in Chapter 4 and corroborate, respectively falsify the research hypotheses.

scholarly journals Applicability of Performance Prism in SMEs: a multiple case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizandra Severgnini ◽  
Edwin V. Cardoza Galdamez ◽  
Reinaldo Rodrigues Camacho
Keyword(s):  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Desk Research

Abstract In the performance assessment models literature, is rather rare research that discusses the Performance Prism Framework, specifically in using it as management tool and in checking its validity as driver strategy instrument. There are also few studies on the applicability related to the implementation, use and analysis of the Performance Prism Framework in micro and small businesses. In this sense, this article has as main objective to propose (i) a bibliometric study of the Performance Prism Framework; and (ii) to develop a multiple case study of micro and small business. To meet the first goal, we used a bibliometric desk research method in the major databases, such as ISI Web of Knowledge, EBSCO and Proquest, which generated 81 articles. From them, we analyzed specifically few studies. To achieve the second goal, a multiple case study method with five micro and small businesses (e.g., sports segments, drugstore, clothing, department store and an apparel faction) was held. The findings confirmed the five dimensions of the Performance Prism Framework, called: (1) Stakeholders Satisfaction; (2) Contribution of Stakeholders; (3) Strategies; (4) Processes; and (5) Capabilities. In addition, we extend previous literature and proposed another dimension called (6) Performance Dynamic. The results also showed that the Capabilities is strongly seen as training employees, the Performance Dynamics are fundamentally weighted as sales amount, not as profit and the Contribution of Stakeholders is hardly evident.

scholarly journals “Everyone Has Their Own Places”: Mapping as a Storied Approach to the Study of Youth Identity

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-96
Author(s):  
Erin Spring
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Youth Identity ◽  
Story Mapping ◽  
Multiple Case

This article highlights part of my work with ten 16 and 17-year-olds at two Canadian secondary schools. My multiple case study sought to make visible my participants’ stories of place: how did they construe the role of place within their own lives? How did they record their journeys within, through, and between places? I share how my participants articulated their place-identities as dynamic encounters rather than fixed surfaces (Massey, 2005; Ingold, 2016). Employing story-mapping as a research method encouraged my participants to articulate their lives in their own terms, affording me the opportunity to understand how they negotiated their identities.

scholarly journals The Role of Cooperative Societies in Advancing Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Osun State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Cooperative Society ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Enterprise Creation

Due to dwindling economic situation most especially in developing countries, people have resulted into self-help through cooperative societies to raise funds for starting small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It was on this premise that the study critically examined the activities of cooperative societies in Osun state in furthering SMEs advancement. The study adopted qualitative research method through in-depth exploratory design to explain ‘what’ and ‘how’ rather than mere prediction. A comparative multiple case study was used as it closely links empirical observations with existing theories to explore the effect of cooperative societies on enterprise creation and expansion and its impact on the advancement of SMEs in Osun State, Nigeria. Four cooperatives were selected and studied. Findings affirmed the significant role played by cooperative societies in advancing SMEs in Osun State. The study concludes that cooperative societies intervention in providing micro loans to members for investment purpose in the area of enterprise formation and expansion is encouraging and should be sustained to improve the prosperity of individuals in Osun State. It was recommended that the promoters of cooperative societies in the State and Nigeria must sustain and increase efforts towards advancing SMEs through the provision of financial facilities to members. Keywords: Cooperative society, Small and Medium Enterprises, Osun State

Before the AD: How Departments Generate Hiring Priorities that Support or Avert Faculty Diversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Damani K. White-Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Department Chairs ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Academic Departments ◽  
Faculty Diversity ◽  
Multiple Case

Background/Context Although academic departments have more tools to advance faculty diversity than ever before, many still downplay their own responsibility throughout the hiring process. This results in a cycle of apathy that activates once searches are already under way, and structural change is out of reach. Yet few studies empirically outline what structural change entails so that departments can play a more active role in improving search processes before hiring begins. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study This study materializes the underlying mechanics of academic hiring by describing the process of departmental hiring priorities, and identifies how adjusting them can create the optimal conditions for supporting faculty diversity. Population/Participants/Subjects Participants were 23 academic personnel spanning four academic departments, including deans, department chairs, equity administrators, and faculty search committee members. Research Design This qualitative study uses a blend of multiple case study and grounded theory designs. The multiple case study method guided the site, case, participant selection, and data collection procedures. Grounded theory was employed primarily in the data coding and analysis phases. Data Collection and Analysis Data were collected from an institutional site fictitiously named Northfield University, a research-intensive four-year university located in the western region of the United States. Four departments were selected as case studies based on convenience sampling from four broader divisions: social sciences, life sciences, humanities, and physical sciences. Twenty-three participants spanning multiple positions and departments participated in a total of 31 semistructured interviews. These data were initially coded and analyzed using the constant comparative method and then further analyzed using cross-case analysis. Findings/Results Findings reveal the primary determinants of departmental hiring priorities that bred subfield conservatism, or the hesitancy to expand the department in new and different hiring directions based on resource constraint and subfield reproduction. This was a realistic yet troubling organizational response that inhibited opportunities for diversity before searches even began. Results also document the steps that departments took to thwart subfield conservatism in order to more aptly attract and elevate racially minoritized candidates. Conclusions/Recommendations This study highlights the untapped potential that hiring priorities hold for advancing faculty diversity. Department chairs and deans are uniquely positioned to implement initiatives that rearrange the structural conditions of faculty hiring that empower faculty to create equity-oriented positions beyond traditional departmental boundaries.

Die Problematik der Implementierung von Kinästhetik in Einrichtungen der stationären Langzeitpflege – Eine Multiple Case-Study

Pflege ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Carola Maurer ◽  
Heidrun Gattinger ◽  
Hanna Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Multiple Case

Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Einrichtungen der stationären Langzeitpflege investieren seit Jahren Ressourcen in die Entwicklung der Kinästhetikkompetenz der Pflegenden. Aus aktuellen Studien geht hervor, dass die Implementierung, bzw. die nachhaltige Förderung der Kinästhetikkompetenz problematisch ist, vertiefte Erkenntnisse zu den Ursachen fehlen jedoch. Fragestellung: Welche Hemmnisse verhindern eine nachhaltige Implementierung von Kinästhetik in Einrichtungen der stationären Langzeitpflege? Methode: Es wurde eine Multiple Case-Study in drei Einrichtungen der deutschsprachigen Schweiz durchgeführt. Aus leitfadengestützten Interviews und (fallbezogener) Literatur zum externen Kontext wurden in den Within-Case-Analysen die Daten induktiv verdichtet und diese Ergebnisse in der Cross-Case-Synthese miteinander verglichen und abstrahierend zusammengeführt. Ergebnisse: Die Synthese zeigt, dass die Implementierung von Kinästhetik innerhalb der Einrichtung auf drei verschiedenen Ebenen – der Leitungs-, Pflegeteam- und Pflegeperson-Ebene – als auch durch externe Faktoren negativ beeinflusst werden kann. Schlussfolgerungen: In der Pflegepraxis und -wissenschaft sowie im Gesundheitswesen benötigt es ein grundlegendes Verständnis von Kinästhetik und wie dieses im Kontext des professionellen Pflegehandelns einzuordnen ist. Insbesondere Leitungs- und implementierungsverantwortliche Personen müssen mögliche Hemmnisse kennen, um entsprechende Strategien entwickeln zu können.

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