Handbook of Longitudinal Research Methods in Organisation and Business Studies

This exploratory research compares longitudinal research self-efficacy and retention between a completely asynchronous Master of Social Work (MSW) online cohort and its traditional face-to-face counterpart. This study used a non-equivalent comparison groups design with two groups: online instruction only (n=16) and traditional face-to-face instruction (n=32), with pretest (Time 1), posttest (Time 2) and follow-up (Time 3) standardized measures of practice evaluation knowledge (PEKS) and research self-efficacy (RSES) in a beginning research methods course. Results indicate that students’ knowledge and research self-efficacy improved between pretest and posttest and remained significantly improved at follow-up one year later, with no significant difference between online learners and traditional face-to-face students. Students gain and maintain confidence in research methods and evaluation regardless of the learning platform utilized.

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Research Methods, Statistical Analysis for Longitudinal Research

Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science ◽

10.4135/9781412950565.n356 ◽

2014 ◽

Keyword(s):

Statistical Analysis ◽

Research Methods ◽

Longitudinal Research

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Knowledge Heterogenization of the Franchising Literature Applying Transaction Cost Economics

Economies ◽

10.3390/economies8040106 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 106

Author(s):

Fu-Sheng Tsai ◽

Chin-Chiung Kuo ◽

Julia L. Lin

Keyword(s):

Transaction Cost ◽

Transaction Cost Economics ◽

Longitudinal Research ◽

Theory Development ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Business Studies ◽

Critical Theories ◽

The Social ◽

Science Domain ◽

Research Stream

Transaction Cost Economics is one of the most critical theories for business studies, including Franchise research. Knowing this stream of research well can help researchers to ground and sustain their studies on a more solid theoretical foundation. Through a Scientometric literature review via the Search-AppraisaL-Synthesis-Analysis (SALSA) procedures, this paper proposes, investigates and demonstrates the knowledge heterogenization (i.e., the knowledge structure becoming heterogeneous) of literature in the social science domain. Focused on the Transaction Cost Economics application in Franchising research that intersects Economics and Business areas, knowledge heterogenization is found and demonstrated in the following aspects of research stream development: research topics, targeted outlets, empirical (geographical) contexts, analytic approaches, as well as important scholars and publications. However, we did not find heterogenization in terms of the adoption of cross-sectional versus longitudinal research design and quantitative versus qualitative data sources. Implications for the continuous practices and theory development of this research stream are discussed. Mainly, we argue that knowledge heterogenization is an approach for a scientific community to achieve developmental sustainability.

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