Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an alternative way of using focus groups in research – a role‐play … design is a role‐play‐like setting in which the participants are to act as the board of a company. Findings – Carefully … designed, well‐prepared role‐play‐like activities can add substantially to focus‐groups. Originality/value – Adding an …

Purpose – This article seeks to explore forms of selection practice, focusing on role‐play techniques, which have been … argue such techniques are appropriate to explore the social processes involved in practices such as role‐play. The … provides empirical evidence to explore the basis of structured interviews by revealing how the view that role‐play can …

, a substantial minority applied a less severe disciplinary outcome. Research limitations/implications – Even in this role‐play …

be used to improve decision‐making are role‐play, neuro‐linguistic programming, the use of corrective methods related to …