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A structural guide to in‐depth interviewing in business and industrial marketing research
Granot, Elad; Brashear, Thomas G.; Cesar Motta, Paulo - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 27 (2012) 7, pp. 547-553
Purpose – The authors aim to present a structural guide for data collection in a participant‐oriented, B2B context. Design/methodology/approach – A three‐stage interview process following the work of Seidman is presented, along with key issues on how to plan, structure, and execute a B2B...
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What can phenomenology offer the consumer?
Wilson, Tony - In: Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal 15 (2012) 3, pp. 230-241
such practice, it is often deemed to draw upon phenomenology. Returning to the philosophers (Gadamer, Heidegger, Merleau …‐Ponty and Ricoeur) who shaped phenomenology, the purpose of this paper is to argue that consumer studies should further …‐for‐being”. Hermeneutic phenomenology is thus a philosophical resource offering appropriate spatio‐temporal images for people responding to …
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Heritage inventories: promoting effectiveness as a vital tool for sustainable heritage management
Myers, David - In: Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable … 6 (2016) 2, pp. 102-112
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify key elements of what makes an inventory program effective for cultural heritage conservation and management. It is hoped that it will spur discussion among heritage professionals about increasing the effectiveness of inventory programs....
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No value-in-itself in About and on Behalf of Scriptum Est
Suominen, Vesa - In: Journal of Documentation 73 (2017) 6, pp. 1380-1386
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to comment on Steven Laporte’s review of About and on Behalf of Scriptum Est by Suominen with the aim of clarifying conceptual confusions related to the notion of constitutive and the notion of value-in-itself in the review. Design/methodology/approach The...
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On the possibility of quantitative‐mathematical social science, chiefly economics
Drechsler, Wolfgang - In: Journal of Economic Studies 27 (2000) 4/5, pp. 246-259
Argues preliminarily that quantitative‐mathematical social science, including economics, is not possible because it applies a method useful in other areas to a field to which it cannot be applied and because the truth claim of science so conceived is self‐referential to begin with. The...
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Reviving organisational memetics through Cultural Linnæanism
Sinclair Lord, Andrew - In: International Journal of Organizational Analysis 20 (2012) 3, pp. 349-370
Purpose – The initial purpose of this paper is to review the explanatory power that memetics promised for socio‐cultural evolutionary theory, for organisational adaptation, and emergent patterns of traits. Second, to argue that philosophical accusations and premature demands have retarded a...
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Critical Theory and Organizational Sciences: A Primer
Grimes, A.J. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 5 (1992) 1, pp. 26-30
Contrasts critical theory, a collection of writings which critique dominate ideology, with traditional organizational sciences by considering six questions which illustrate their differences. Critical theory (CT) incorporates both natural and hermeneutic sciences to critique dominate...
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Meaning and interpretation: insights and discourse
Kakabadse, Nada K.; Steane, Peter - In: Journal of Management History 16 (2010) 3, pp. 346-366
provide a historical overview of the hermeneutics and the need for scientific as well as general understanding, and to …
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Inspiration at work: is it an oxymoron?
Avramenko, Alex - In: Baltic Journal of Management 9 (2013) 1, pp. 113-130
manifestations. Design/methodology/approach – The study utilises Gadamerian philosophical hermeneutics to cultivate an understanding …
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Analysing accounting discourse: avoiding the “fallacy of internalism”
Ferguson, John - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 20 (2007) 6, pp. 912-934
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on John B. Thompson's “tripartite approach” for the analysis of mass media communication, highlighting how this methodological framework can help address some of the shortcomings apparent in extant studies on accounting which purport to...
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