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Al, Serhun. "Interpretive research design: concepts and processes." International Journal of Social Research Methodology 16, no. 4 (July 2013): 351–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2013.802464.
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Darby, Jessica L., Brian S. Fugate, and Jeff B. Murray. "Interpretive research." International Journal of Logistics Management 30, no. 2 (May 13, 2019): 395–413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijlm-07-2018-0187.
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Purpose Scholars have called for diversity in methods and multi-method research to enhance relevance to practice. However, many of the calls have only gone so far as to suggest the use of multiple methods within the positivism paradigm, which dominates the discipline and may constrain the ability to develop middle-range theory and propose workable solutions to today’s supply chain challenges. The purpose of this paper is to present a rationale for expanding the methodological toolbox of the field to include interpretive research methods. Design/methodology/approach This research conceptually illustrates how positivist and interpretive philosophies translate into different research approaches by reviewing an extant positivist qualitative study that uses grounded theory and then detailing how an interpretive researcher would approach the same phenomenon using the hermeneutic method. Findings This research expands the boundaries and impact of the field by broadening the set of questions research can address. It contributes a detailed illustration of the interpretive research process, as well as applications for the interpretive approach in future research, particularly theory elaboration, middle-range theorizing, and emerging domains such as the farm-to-fork supply chain and the consumer-based supply chain. Research limitations/implications The development of alternative ways of seeking knowledge enhances the potential for creativity, expansion, and progress in the field. Practical implications Practical implications of this research include enabling researchers to elaborate theory and develop middle-range theories through an alternative philosophical paradigm. This paradigm facilitates practical insights that are directly relevant to particular domains and move beyond general theories seeking generalizability. Social implications Social implications of this research are much more indirect in nature. This research encourages supply chain management (SCM) scholars to look at phenomena (including those with social implications) from a different philosophical perspective, which can reveal new insights. Originality/value This research contributes a rationale for expanding the methodological toolbox of the field to include interpretive research methods and also contributes a methodological operationalization of the interpretive approach. By reflecting on the nature of science and method in SCM, the study opens the door for creativity and progress to expand the boundaries and impact of the field.
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Yang, Lei, and Yang Zhou. "Research and Design of Data-Interpreting Expert System for Geographical Prospecting of Dike Hazard." Advanced Materials Research 323 (August 2011): 172–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.323.172.
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Based on the characteristics of geographical prospecting data of dike hazard, this paper discusses the design of the data-interpreting expert system for dike hazard, researches the calculation procedure of inference mechanism and the construction of knowledge base. In the process of design, constructing complete knowledge base and based on the production rule, vogue inference is realized. A combination is also made between inference process and interpretive mechanism, to enhance the operation efficiency of the system, putting the system in better communication and interaction with the user. Research results show that this system can effectively integrate expert knowledge, reasonably configure data resource and enhance the reliability of interpretive achievement of hazard data.
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Nurhayati, Nurhayati. "MELUKISKAN AKUNTANSI DENGAN KUAS INTERPRETIF." BISNIS : Jurnal Bisnis dan Manajemen Islam 3, no. 1 (August 16, 2016): 174. http://dx.doi.org/10.21043/bisnis.v3i1.1481.
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This study departs from the domination of accounting studies using the paradigm of positivistic methodology. The aim in this study<br />provides an alternative approach in developing interpretive accounting research. Triyuwono (2013) says there are five paradigms in the social sciences: positivism, interpretivism, criticism postmodernism, and spiritualists. Interpretivis paradigm, critical, postmodernist and spiritualists using qualitative methods, which is the development of positivistic paradigm. This paradigm is not mutually exclusive, ideally an accounting researchers must be able to accept this paradigm, called“multiparadigma” (Triyuwono, 2013). Interpretive considers that truth, reality or real life does not have a one-sided, but it has many facets, can be examined from various viewpoints. Design research in interpretive research, phenomenology, ethnography, ethnometodology, narrative, case studies, and grounded theory.
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Choudhury Kaul, Sanjukta, Manjit Singh Sandhu, and Quamrul Alam. "Researching the history of marginalized issues in management research." Journal of Management History 25, no. 2 (April 18, 2019): 237–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmh-06-2018-0030.
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PurposeThe design and implementation of an interpretive framework to study historically marginalized issues in management is a distinct area of research. This paper aims to propose a multi-method interpretive framework, integrating a historiographical approach and an archival investigation, and use the case of business responses to disability in colonial and post-independence India to elucidate the proposed framework.Design/methodology/approachThis paper provides a summary of a proposed framework for the historical study of marginalized social issues using an interpretive paradigm. It also outlines the advantages and limitations of the proposed framework.FindingsThis paper makes a methodological contribution in multi-method interpretive research design for the historical study of socially constructed issues, neglected because of deep prejudice and social exclusion, that offer complex challenges for modern businesses seeking inclusive workplace strategies.Originality/valueThis paper proposes a research framework that contextualizes social issues in history (historiographical study) and cases of business responses to these issues (archival study) for the examination of historically marginalized issues in the business–society relationship.
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Doyle, Louise. "A practitioner researcher’s opportunities and challenges in accessing interpretive case participants in a public healthcare setting." Journal of Work-Applied Management 11, no. 1 (May 22, 2019): 76–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jwam-11-2018-0024.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to document the opportunities and challenges of a practitioner researcher in accessing interpretive case participants in the public healthcare sector in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach The paper documents the research design and implementation phases of a longitudinal interpretive research project with specific focus on, research ethics, preparing for data collection, identifying and recruiting the research participants and analysis of the findings based on the specific nuances of the public health context and design considerations. Considerations as an insider researcher in a large public organisation are also presented. Findings Conducting interpretive research in a healthcare setting presents both opportunities and some challenges; key amongst these is agreed access to research participants. In addition, with research taking place in a healthcare environment, the potential for disclosure of information regarding something harmful to patients or of a criminal nature exists. This risk can be addressed through the ethical approval process documented in this paper. Insider researcher considerations are also explored focussing on the specific nuances affiliate to carrying out a longitudinal interpretive study in a public healthcare setting. Research limitations/implications Insights for those wishing to conduct longitudinal interpretive case research in the public healthcare setting are included. The implications for enhanced engagement with interpretive research in this context are addressed. Originality/value Through documenting the opportunities and challenges of a practitioner researcher in accessing research participants in the public healthcare sector, this paper discusses insider researcher considerations and seeks to address concerns in the literature regarding insufficient detail relating to interpretive research design and implementation in healthcare contexts.
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Risling, Tracie L., and Derek E. Risling. "Advancing nursing participation in user-centred design." Journal of Research in Nursing 25, no. 3 (May 2020): 226–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744987120913590.
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Background What is the role of nursing in the digital health transformation of the 21st century? The answer to this critical question may rely on how prepared nursing is to enter into design processes associated with this evolution. Aims The purpose of this paper is to introduce foundational terminology and tools to support increased nursing participation in user-centred design. Situated within a six-step design process, this includes a new analytic framework combining the disciplinary expertise of computer science with the nursing methodology Interpretive Description. Methods The analytic framework and recommended research process were developed over the course of two projects each employing a similar collaborative mixed-methods design. Primary methodological drivers were drawn from the software development life-cycle and Interpretive Description in these digital health intervention studies. Results Using aspects of software development practice, an analytic framework was conceived as part of an interdisciplinary research process allowing nurses to integrate their disciplinary expertise in user-centred digital design. The framework allows nurses to parse collected data into a robust set of functional and non-functional requirements for software developers while still engaging in a fulsome interpretive analysis. Conclusion There is a need for nursing to occupy a more significant role in the advancement of technology innovation in healthcare. However, a lack of familiarity with design-thinking and associated practical experience impedes nursing voices in this area. Tools and processes are introduced to enhance an existing nursing methodology as a means to extend our disciplinary design capacity.
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Iivari, Netta. "Using member checking in interpretive research practice." Information Technology & People 31, no. 1 (February 5, 2018): 111–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/itp-07-2016-0168.
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Purpose In recent years, there has been a growing desire to more fully integrate informants into the overall research process. In response to this trend, the purpose of this paper is to scrutinize the usage and outcomes of the member checking technique for enabling more participatory interpretive research practices. Information systems (IS) research has utilized this technique, but it has not yet undergone a thorough analysis in this context. Additionally, interpretive IS research is in need of means and tools for engaging with informants during the data analysis and interpretation process. Design/methodology/approach The data for this study originated from an inquiry into the position of usability work within its cultural context, and this study has adopted a hermeneutic lens to make sense of the member checking technique, which positions informants as co-analysts and co-interpreters to make sense of both their organizational realities and researchers’ interpretations of those realities. Findings The analysis shows that during the research process, the informants reproduced, questioned, and cultivated the researcher-crafted texts that they were given to interpret, both individually and collaboratively. The study shows that member checking contributes to fulfilling the criteria set for interpretive IS research in a variety of ways. Research limitations/implications The study contributes to interpretive IS research method practice by offering IS researchers insights into and guidelines on the usage and potential outcomes of the member checking technique. Originality/value The examination of the member checking technique through a hermeneutic lens is a novel approach. For IS research, the study explicates the usages and outcomes of member checking in more participatory interpretive research practice. Also novel in this study is that member checking is examined as a collective endeavor.
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Smith, Michael A. "The Interpretive Process of Agenda-Building: A Research Design for Public Policy." Politics & Policy 30, no. 1 (March 2002): 9–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2002.tb00632.x.
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Luintel, Youba Raj. "Epistemological Values and Limitations of Ethnography as an Interpretive Research Approach." SCHOLARS: Journal of Arts & Humanities 2 (August 31, 2020): 83–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/sjah.v2i0.35016.
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The research method in humanities and social sciences shares a certain theoretical frame and research design with the interpretive approach. The “interpretive approach” of ethnographic research brings humanities and social sciences together in the realms of naturalistic inquiry as well as knowledge production. This article discusses how ethnographers would tend to address these epistemological fronts in scholarship and research design in humanities and social sciences. It also raises some of the pragmatics and methodological utilities of the ethnographic approach, followed by a short description of ethical and practical issues involved in the research process. Both the humanities and social science research adopt the interpretive approach to explore the subject of investigation in the specific theoretical frame and from multiple perspectives. The article concludes that the strengths that it offers, particularly concerning unravelling complexities of people’s daily lives in their “meaning perspectives,” are unique and appealing even though ethnography never remains immune to some of the limitations of qualitative research.
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Redman, Charles L. "Surface Collection, Sampling, and Research Design: A Retrospective." American Antiquity 52, no. 2 (April 1987): 249–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/281779.
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Probability sampling, controlled surface collecting, and explicit research designs are standard working procedures for a large portion of the archaeological profession. The need for adopting these approaches and their utility in the field have been persuasively argued in the literature for 20 years. Despite their agreed-upon utility, these approaches are often poorly understood. Field strategies of four projects and their rationales are presented to provide examples of specific approaches that have had positive results. Based on these case studies and a review of the literature, I propose six basic principles as guides to the formulation of future field strategies. The researcher must define interpretive objectives, specify minimal data requirements, understand the problems of data recognition, structure the flow of research and evaluation, choose appropriate tools for each stage of research, and maintain cost effectiveness.
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Holtzman, Richard. "Interpretive research design: concepts and processes, by Peregrine Schwartz-Shea and Dvora Yanow." Critical Policy Studies 8, no. 1 (January 2, 2014): 116–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2014.883862.
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Ballantyne, Roy, and Karen Hughes. "Measure Twice, Cut Once: Developing a Research-Based Interpretive Signs Checklist." Australian Journal of Environmental Education 19 (2003): 15–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0814062600001439.
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AbstractInterpretive signs are used extensively in tourism and leisure settings to convey important messages and concepts to visitors. While the installation of signs ensures information is widely available and can be repeatedly accessed by large numbers of visitors, their static and inflexible nature means interpretive signs have to be particularly well-designed if they are to interpret topics in a manner that visitors find attractive, interesting and meaningful. This paper provides suggestions for how the six key features of interpretation can be successfully incorporated into signs, and arises from research conducted while developing a website to illustrate “best practice” design of signs and exhibits. The paper concludes with the Interpretive Signs Checklist which consists of a set of criteria against which interpretive signs can be judged. This checklist is designed to be used “in situ”, and provides a systematic, objective tool for designing new signs as well as evaluating and improving existing signage.
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Darder, Antonia. "Decolonizing interpretive research: subaltern sensibilities and the politics of voice." Qualitative Research Journal 18, no. 2 (May 8, 2018): 94–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qrj-d-17-00056.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the notion of decolonizing interpretive research in ways that respect and integrate the qualitative sensibilities of subaltern voices in the knowledge production of anti-colonial possibilities. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws from the decolonizing and post-colonial theoretical tradition, with a specific reference to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s contribution to this analysis. Findings Through a critical discussion of decolonizing concerns tied to qualitative interpretive interrogations, the paper points to the key assumptions that support and reinforce the sensibilities of subaltern voices in efforts to move western research approaches toward anti-colonial possibilities. In the process, this discussion supports the emergence of an itinerant epistemological lens that opens the field to decolonizing inquiry. Practical implications Its practical implications are tied to discursive transformations, which can impact social and material transformations within the context of research and society. Originality/value Moreover, the paper provides an innovative rethinking of interpretive research, in an effort to extend the analysis of decolonizing methodology to the construction of subaltern inspired intellectual labor.
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Brady, Laura M., Stephanie A. Fryberg, and Yuichi Shoda. "Expanding the interpretive power of psychological science by attending to culture." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, no. 45 (November 5, 2018): 11406–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803526115.
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A lack of interpretive power (i.e., the ability to understand individuals’ experiences and behaviors in relation to their cultural contexts) undermines psychology’s understanding of diverse psychological phenomena. Building interpretive power requires attending to cultural influences in research. We describe three characteristics of research that lacks interpretive power: normalizing and overgeneralizing from behaviors and processes of people in Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) contexts; making non-WEIRD people and processes invisible; and misapplying WEIRD findings in non-WEIRD contexts. We also describe research in which leveraging interpretive power prevented these negative consequences. Finally, using the culture-cycle framework, we outline a vision for creating culture change within psychology by implementing culture-conscious practices to guide the formation of research questions, empirical design, and data analysis and interpretation.
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Alsharari, Nizar Mohammad, and Mohammed Al-Shboul. "Evaluating qualitative research in management accounting using the criteria of “convincingness”." Pacific Accounting Review 31, no. 1 (February 4, 2019): 43–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/par-03-2016-0031.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to extend the knowledge claim of management accounting research using qualitative research methods, in particular, the interpretive case study, and its evaluation using “convincingness” criteria demonstrating the textual authenticity, plausibility and criticality of case study findings.Design/methodology/approachQualitative research in the management accounting field considers both context and function (Burchell et al., 1980). This study sets out the rationale for adopting qualitative methodologies such as interpretive case studies in which rich, contextual and detailed data were collected and analyzed (Miles and Huberman, 1994; Mason, 2002). Methodological issues related to research design, analysis and evaluation are discussed by drawing on frameworks of social science research design. The paper sets out the procedures of an interpretive case study essential to ensuring the procedural validity of research which can be evaluated more accurately using the criteria of “convincingness” rather than positivist measures of the reliability, validity of data and the generalization of results. Textual authenticity, plausibility and critical interpretation, and how these hallmarks of “convincingness” can reflect the procedural validity of accounting research are described.FindingsQualitative research strategies such as the interpretive case study, which consider the complex settings of accounting change and practice, are found to offer deep understandings and convincing explanations of accounting change. Affirming that accounting is firmly established as a social science, the paper finds that the authenticity, plausibility and criticality of research in this field.Research limitations/implicationsThe relevance of qualitative research to contemporary accounting research is considered as an effective method to explicate theory and inform practice, which suggests that new measures to evaluate related research are required to develop the potential of selected qualitative research methodologies in accounting domains.Originality/valueQualitative research in management accounting focuses on the interpretation of meanings found in people and organizations that are subject to the influence of contextual variables. Human attributes underpin accounting conventions and change resulting from continuous technological and regulatory advances. This paper’s comprehensive account of interpretive case study research emphasizes the significance of evaluative criteria that relate, beyond reliability, to the richness of the text. This, thus, encourages and supports new and emerging researchers to seek qualitatively coherent and critical interpretations in management accounting research.
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Bailey, Heidi, David Smaldone, Gregory Elmes, and Robert Burns. "Geointerpretation: The Interpretive Potential of Maps." Journal of Interpretation Research 12, no. 2 (November 2007): 45–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109258720701200204.
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Interpretive centers are well-known sources of geographic information—providing visitors with maps and facts about noteworthy places. Yet research on the effectiveness of interpretation in conveying geographic information is limited. Managing natural and cultural resources creates a need to communicate to the public about these places at both small and large scales. This raises the question of how people perceive different types of spaces and how they learn geographic and spatial information. This paper reviews the literature on spatial cognition, providing a theoretical and empirical basis to suggest strategies for interpretation. The recommendations of this paper are to: 1) design geographic interpretation around the three components of spatial knowledge; 2) create interpretive maps by blending the principles of map and exhibit design; and 3) provide visitors with multiple opportunities to learn about a geographic setting. Maps have considerable potential as tools for connecting visitors to the meaning of places.
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Zaltman, Gerald. "Rethinking Market Research: Putting People Back In." Journal of Marketing Research 34, no. 4 (November 1997): 424–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002224379703400402.
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Research methods are generally improved through new understandings of scientific procedure, validity, and reliability. Variations in these understandings—among knowledge communities as diverse as ethnographers, statisticians, historians, and even practitioners and researchers—yield a rich set of innovations in quantitative tools, experimental designs, data collection instruments, observational methods, sampling procedures, and interpretive frameworks. Research methods, however, must be consonant not only with the way various communities view scientific inquiry, but also with fundamental characteristics of the thought and behavior of customers and managers. Most widely used methods in marketing lack the latter consonance. The author introduces particular insights about thought and behavior from multiple disciplines as design criteria for improving research methods.
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Hanna-Benson, Cortney, Shayla Kroeze, Radhika Gandhi, Tom Haffie, and Lindi M. Wahl. "Students as partners in collaborative course design and educational research." International Journal for Students as Partners 4, no. 2 (October 29, 2020): 61–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v4i2.4237.
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The impact of collaborative course design is explored in this qualitative, longitudinal study of an upper-year course in which 30-40 undergraduate students co-designed the course syllabus, including both course content and assessments. In addition, the research questions and methods were co-designed by a research team involving six undergraduate student partners, an educational developer, and two faculty members. Student written work and focus-group transcripts were coded and analyzed using longitudinal interpretive phenomenological analysis. The two major themes emerging from this analysis were (a) growth (i.e., the development of academic skills, reflective practice, and personal growth that extended beyond the course), and (b) awareness (of students as a community of learners, of instructors as partners in learning, and of personal agency in learning). Personal reflections on the impact of this partnership revealed broad benefits to both students and academic staff.
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de Loo, Ivo, and Alan Lowe. "“[T]here are known knowns … things we know that we know”." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 30, no. 8 (October 16, 2017): 1796–819. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-08-2015-2164.
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Purpose The starting point for this paper is that the researcher is intimately bound up in all aspects of the research process. This idea of what is a critical aspect of much interpretive methodology has been challenged by some proponents of the interpretive accounting research (IAR) project. The authors suggest that adopting some of the views expounded in the IAR project may lead to the accounting research community becoming isolated from other interpretive methodology inspired disciplines. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Currently popular views on IAR are informed by selective theoretical insights from interpretive sociology. The authors argue that these insights cannot provide a general frame with which to encapsulate accounting research that may be reasonably termed “interpretive.” Findings The authors’ reading of the literature suggests that the some of the IAR literature exhibits: a tendency to routinely make overly specific claims for what it is possible for interpretive research to achieve; the promotion of a somewhat reductionist view of what the bounds of interpretive research are. The authors suggest that these tendencies detract from the strengths of (adopting a broad view of) IAR. Research limitations/implications In expressing the authors’ concerns, the authors do not wish to make an exclusive argument for what IAR is and is not. This would not be in line with writing an interpretive paper. While the authors do not eschew the possibility of a limited building of knowledge by applying interpretive methodological stances neither do the authors see such activity as a central plank of interpretive research. Practical implications The authors believe that positivistic commentaries on qualitative enquiry should not be taken as exemplary of interpretive research (in accounting – or elsewhere). The authors feel that IAR needs to be more open to an array of subjectivist motivations, if it is to provide useful critique of the nature of day-to-day accounting practice. Originality/value The authors seek to go beyond the rather unhelpful debate about whether IAR should be seen to possess both objective and subjective elements. The authors argue that IAR suffers more from a lack of engagement and debate than it faces dangers from areas of interpretive methodology that adopt positions considered to be too subjectivist.
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Farooq, Muhammad Bilal. "A review of Gadamerian and Ricoeurian hermeneutics and its application to interpretive accounting research." Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal 13, no. 3 (September 10, 2018): 261–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qrom-07-2017-1550.
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Purpose The study seeks to address the research question: “How can Gadamerian and Ricoeurian hermeneutics be operationalized in an interpretive accounting research project”? The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to review the key hermeneutic concepts of philosophers Gadamer and Ricoeur; and second, to share insights from the researcher’s experience of applying Gadamerian and Ricoeurian hermeneutics to an interpretive accounting research project. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on the extant literature and the researcher’s own experience using hermeneutics theory in an interpretive accounting research project involving in-depth interviews with organisational managers. Findings The process of interpretation is described using the core concept of the hermeneutic circle where the reader and the text engage in dialogue. The readers’ pre-understandings play a key role in this dialogue and assist in drawing meaning from the text. However, it is necessary for the reader to adopt a critically reflexive approach remaining alert for both unproductive pre-understandings and hidden power structures and ideologies in the text being interpreted. Each reading of a text involves the completion of one cycle of the hermeneutic circle in which the reader transitions from pre-configuration to configuration and ultimately re-configuration concluding with the reader acquiring new horizons of understanding. The researcher’s experience of applying hermeneutic theory to an interpretive accounting research project are reflected on and nine lessons are offered. Originality/value These insights will prove valuable to interpretive researchers within the social sciences, including accounting and management studies, as well as those working in the natural sciences.
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Corrado, Ann Marie, Tanya Elizabeth Benjamin-Thomas, Colleen McGrath, Carri Hand, and Debbie Laliberte Rudman. "Participatory Action Research With Older Adults: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis." Gerontologist 60, no. 5 (July 2, 2019): e413-e427. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnz080.
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Abstract Background and Objectives Given population aging, the meaningful involvement of older adults in influencing policy and programs through participatory action research (PAR) is increasingly vital. PAR holds promise for equitable participation, co-learning, community mobilization, and personal and social transformation, however, little scholarly attention has been given to critically evaluating how PAR has been taken up with older adults. The objective of this review was to critically evaluate the use of PAR with older adults. Research Design and Methods A critical interpretive synthesis (CIS) of 40 PAR studies with older adults was conducted. Critical engagement with the articles identified dominant tendencies, limits of these tendencies, and proposed ways forward. Results Within the majority of articles reviewed, older adults were not prominent partners in PAR given their often limited involvement in designing the research questions, learning research skills and knowledge, and implementing findings for change. Furthermore, power differentials between researchers and older adults were evident, as older adults were often positioned as participants rather than partners. Finally, this article demonstrates various boundaries on the foci of studies related to inclusivity and sustainability. Discussion and Implications This study revealed that the promises PAR holds are often not fully realized in projects with older adults, given that they are rarely positioned as equitable partners, co-learners, or agents for change. The findings have the potential to stimulate further uptake of PAR research with an older adult population, highlighting areas for change in systems and research practices.
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Hardy, Ian, and Petri Salo. "The complexity and contradictions of Finnish superintendents’ work." Journal of Educational Administration 56, no. 3 (May 9, 2018): 297–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jea-06-2017-0066.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the governance of educational reform, as an interpretive process – “interpretive governance” – through a case study of five superintendents living in a predominantly Swedish-speaking region in Finland. Design/methodology/approach To foreground superintendents’ perspectives on reforms as simultaneously reflective and constitutive of governance processes, the research applies and extends Rhodes’ (2012) notions of “network governance,” “meta-governance” and “interpretive governance.” Interpretive governance, an underresearched area, is construed as particularly important for developing better insights into how school reform is understood by key actors involved in its enactment. Findings The research identifies what are described as three “deliberative” dimensions of interpretive governance; these modes of governance are elaborated as “dialogic,” “directive” and “defensive” in nature. Originality/value The study reveals senior educators’ interpretations of governance as multifaceted, and argues that these complex modes of deliberation need to be taken into account to better understand how school development is understood and enacted in municipal and school settings.
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Barrett, Christopher B. "On design-based empirical research and its interpretation and ethics in sustainability science." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 29 (July 12, 2021): e2023343118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023343118.
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Generating credible answers to key policy questions is crucial but difficult in most coupled human and natural systems because complex feedback mechanisms can confound identification of the causal mechanisms behind observed phenomena. By using explicit research designs intended to isolate the causal effects of specific interventions on community monitoring of common property resources, and on the well-being of those resources and their human neighbors, the papers in this Special Feature offer an important advance in empirical sustainability science research. Like earlier advances in my own field of development economics, however, they suffer some avoidable interpretive and ethical errors. This essay celebrates the powerful potential of design-based sustainability science studies, much of it admirably reflected in this set of papers, while simultaneously flagging opportunities to improve future work in this tradition.
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Onwuegbuzie, Anthony John, and Kathleen M. T. Collins. "The Role of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory in Enhancing Interpretive Consistency in Mixed Research." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION METHODOLOGY 5, no. 2 (August 30, 2014): 651–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/ijrem.v5i2.3910.
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One of the nine major threats to legitimation (i.e., the degree that integration of findings leads to credible and defensible meta-inferences) is sample legitimation integration (Onwuegbuzie & Johnson, 2006). Addressing this form of legitimation requires the researcher to maintain interpretive consistency between the selected sampling design and the inferences made from the ensuing findings. To facilitate researchers’ efforts to address interpretive consistency, in this article, we provide a meta-sampling framework that is structured in accordance to the dimensions of Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) ecological systems model. In this meta-framework, the four dimensions of the model are juxtaposed to various types of generalizations, sampling-based considerations, and mixed sampling criteria. Application of this inclusive framework is appropriate for the conduct of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research.Â
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Lemaire, Célia, and Pauline Paquin. "How interpretive and critical teacher-researchers in accounting infuse research into their lessons – a research note." Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 16, no. 4 (October 14, 2019): 542–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qram-10-2018-0072.
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Purpose Teacher-researchers carry out two singular, demanding and time-consuming, activities: research and teaching. Some, convinced of the cross-fertilization of these two activities, try to introduce elements of their research into their courses. This intention becomes a major challenge for interpretive and critical teacher-researchers in accounting who cannot rely on textbooks, mostly oriented for the mainstream. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how those teacher-researchers proceed to infuse their research into their courses. Design/methodology/approach This paper is an exploratory qualitative study based on interviews. Findings The results show three typical profiles that correspond to three ways of infusing research into courses, and how these profiles can evolve and combine. Originality/value The identification of teacher-researcher profiles allows categorization of how they infuse their research into their teaching. By listing the constraints imposed on teacher-researchers intending to infuse research, proposals for ways to overcome the identified constraints that hinder the cross-fertilization of research and teaching are suggested. The paper also reexamines the status of teachers-researchers in accounting who address a critical approach in their teaching.
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Joubert, Debra, and Liesl Van der Merwe. "Phenomenology in five music education journals: Recent use and future directions." International Journal of Music Education 38, no. 3 (October 23, 2019): 337–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0255761419881492.
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The purpose of this comparative case study is to explore the recent use of phenomenological inquiries in music education articles published in five selected journals listed in Thomson Reuters Web of Science between 2012 and 2015. The five music education journals are The British Journal of Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, International Journal of Music Education, Journal of Research in Music Education and Music Education Research. An interpretative philosophical worldview and a qualitative research design informed this research. By employing a constant comparative method and analysing 480 articles, the findings of this study revealed that phenomenological inquiry is the third most preferred strategy of inquiry by music education researchers. A heuristic model was developed as an interpretive tool to analyse the data. Although phenomenology is a strategy of inquiry that has a lot to offer music education, several concerns emerged over the quality and proper use as some studies evinced deficiencies regarding the clarity of the research design and disclosure of research procedures.
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Roshani, Kosar, Mohammad S. Owlia, and Mohammad H. Abooie. "A research note on the article of “Quality framework in education through application of interpretive structural modeling”." TQM Journal 31, no. 1 (January 14, 2019): 3–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tqm-12-2017-0168.
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Purpose This paper is a research note on “Quality framework in education through application of Interpretive Structural Modeling” (Sahney, S., Banwet, D.K. and Karunes, S. (2010), Quality framework in education through the application of Interpretive Structural Modeling: an administrative staff perspective in the Indian context, The TQM Journal, 22(1)). Sahney et al. applied Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) to prioritize, sequence and categorize elements critical to quality management in education; however, it seems that the final reachability matrix, and consequently the results, may not be true as some transitivity was not incorporated. So, the purpose of this paper is to apply a method to develop a transitive and compatible reachability matrix. Design/methodology/approach A counter-example was used to show that the final reachability matrix was incorrect, and then, based on Warfield’s studies, a transitive and compatible reachability matrix was developed directly. Findings As high priority should be placed on tackling the design characteristics which have a high driving power and thus possessing the capability to influence other elements, the correct analysis of ISM and its consequences is important to the priorities. The results from this study differed from the results of the Sahney et al. to a large extent. According to their analysis, all attributes were in the linkage area which has high driving power and high dependence. However, the authors reached different values for the relative importance and the interdependencies among the elements resulting in three different clusters. Originality/value This note clarifies and corrects the way the ISM methodology can be applied.
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Ahmad, Halim, and Bayu Grendo Sigarete. "PENGARUH PEMASANGAN MEDIA INTERPRETATIF TERHADAP PERUBAHAN PERILAKU WISATAWAN DALAM MEMBUANG SAMPAH DI TEBING BREKSI." Pringgitan 1, no. 02 (September 30, 2020): 58–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.47256/pringgitan.v1i02.37.
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Breksi Cliffs were built and managed for tourist destinations in 2015. One of the challenges in the management of tourism in Breksi Cliff is garbage. The main factor ignoring garbage problems by tourists is due to their poor understanding of the environment and the dangers of environmental damage. So that, we need an initiative from the manager of Breksi Cliff in managing the environment around the tourist site through the installation of an interpretive media that is educative to the tourists about the environment, as well as an effort to provoke tourists to participate actively in order to control garbage in Breksi Cliffs. This research is a qualitative research and it is using experimental method. The study design was randomized complete design with 2 treatments and 3 repetitions. The data were collected by sampling method, by counting the trash in 2x2 m area around the sampling points. The data collection is 6 times with 3 times data retrieval before treatment and 3 times data after interpretative media installation treatment. The result of research based on statistical analysis shows that there is real difference of amount of gaebage before and after installation of interpretative media, where the garbage quantity decrease from 13,4 to 4,1.
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Ranheim, Albertine, and Maria Arman. "Methodological considerations and experiences in clinical application research design." International Practice Development Journal 4, no. 1 (May 12, 2014): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.41.004.
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Background: Strengthening the relationship between research and clinical practice, and improving the use of research in healthcare are challenging areas that need creative solutions. Clinical application research is a design based on Gadamer’s idea that understanding always involves interpretation and application. Aims and objectives: This study aims to assess from a methodological viewpoint a project in which two researchers cooperated with clinical healthcare workers over three years. Methods: Interviews with the participating clinicians on a ward for rehabilitative cancer care. Inspired by Gadamerian epistemology, a interpretive analysis was performed on the transcripts of three focus group meetings. Findings: Taking part in the project demonstrated to the participants the value of systematic and analytical scientific work in the acquisition of new knowledge and wider insights. Participants were inspired to investigate taking theoretical assumptions from caring science into practical clinical work. They described an expanded reflective awareness of caring work in terms of their observational abilities. Everyday challenges were clarified and deeper aspects of caring emerged; tacit knowledge became expressed and verbalised. Conclusions: The participants developed a scientific approach to their clinical caregiving knowledge, as well as an increased awareness of their profession. If an organisation is interested in improving its results, and its patients’ experience of health and wellbeing, this study recommends that it devote time and resources to strengthening the relation between research and clinical practice. Clinical application research is a structure that can help achieve this. Implications for practice: Clinical application research creates the possibility to develop deeper awareness of procedures that are taken for granted Clinical experts are given opportunities to develop a scientific approach to practical clinical care Researchers in caring sciences are given a response to their theory from its application in practice
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Harris, Michael S. "From policy design to campus: Implementation of a tuition decentralization policy." education policy analysis archives 15 (July 30, 2007): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v15n16.2007.
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This study analyzes the implementation of a tuition decentralization policy in North Carolina. Concepts of organizational culture served as a guiding framework for an interpretive analysis. Qualitative case study data for the research was collected from interviews with key policy makers within the University of North Carolina as well as an extensive collection of documents. The findings demonstrate the importance of shared norms and beliefs in achieving successful policy implementation through a case study where incongruence of stakeholder values, beliefs, and goals created institutional conflict.
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Deshmukh, Arun Kumar, and Ashutosh Mohan. "Analysis of Indian retail demand chain using total interpretive modeling." Journal of Modelling in Management 12, no. 3 (August 14, 2017): 322–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jm2-12-2015-0101.
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Purpose The study aims to present demand chain management (DCM) modeling of Indian apparel retailers. This will result in a structured model presenting contextual interrelationship among DCM variables so that retailers can proactively manage their demand chain. Design/methodology/approach The research follows an exploratory research design. It initially involves identification and analysis of influential factors of the implementation of DCM practices through the review of literature. Then, these variables were analyzed using total interpretive structural modeling or TISM followed by a statistical verification and case-based validation of the model. Findings The major findings of the paper are: top-management commitment and support, information management and supply chain agility in supply chain are the most significant enablers with the highest driving power. The other apparel retail specific significant variables are assortment planning, category management and marketing orientation. The model also indicates that the firms that implement customer-centric DCM practices do well in terms of organizational performance and thereby achieve differential advantage over their competitors. Research limitations/implications Because the literature on DCM is still in nascent stage, the study bases itself on interpretive method; that is, TISM of analysis with a limited number of experts. Future studies may consider larger sample with more advanced statistical tools such as structural equation modeling for further validation of the findings. Originality/value The novelty of the paper lies in the study of an emerging supply chain philosophy; that is, DCM and its key practices per se. It has rarely been studied from the theory building perspective hitherto. Moreover, TISM-based approach is applied for the first time to study the DCM practices and its drivers vis-à-vis dependents.
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Seal, Will, and Ruth Mattimoe. "The role of narrative in developing management control knowledge from fieldwork." Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 13, no. 3 (August 1, 2016): 330–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qram-06-2015-0055.
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Purpose This paper aims to develop a methodology of business knowledge creation based on a synthesis between the perspective of reality informed by pragmatic constructionism (PC) and critical approaches to narrative analysis informed by antenarrative concepts. Design/methodology/approach The paper identifies commonalities and contrasts between narrative and PC. Interpreting an original case study of a hotel by deploying both methodologies, the paper shows how a synthesis of the two approaches can help to construct management control knowledge. Findings PC and narrative have many overlaps and complementarities. Practitioners like stories both to make sense of their own roles and to develop personal strategic agendas. Antenarrative concepts demonstrate the potentially generative properties of organizational storytelling. The PC approach also constructs corporate narratives but, additionally, provides a set of criteria against which we can evaluate the stories of practitioners on the basis of “does it work?”. Research limitations/implications More interpretive field study processes are called for as a way of testing the robustness of the research design developed in the paper. Practical implications A successful management control topos has to be business-specific and co-authored with contributions from participants both inside and outside the organization. Narrative and PC research methodologies both encourage reflexivity, in which the researchers explicitly explore not just the positions of their interviewees, but also their own position and reactions. The creation of business knowledge is seen as a co-production between the researchers and the researched, as they share concepts and reflections during the fieldwork process. Originality/value The paper compares and contrasts two interpretive research methodologies, narrative and a pragmatic constructivist perspective. Especially when the concept of antenarrative is deployed, the two methodologies offer fruitful possibilities for dialogical conversation, as they espouse slightly different views on the nature of actor reality.
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Collet, Vicki Stewart, and Michelle R. Ciminelli. "Polyphonic Analysis: obuchenie in qualitative research." Qualitative Research Journal 17, no. 4 (November 13, 2017): 243–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qrj-08-2016-0053.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe an approach to analyzing qualitative data that uses Bakhtin’s concepts of dialogue as a framework. Design/methodology/approach Polyphonic Analysis (PA) is proposed as a critical approach to qualitative data analysis that emphasizes creating virtual dialogues of participants’ voices, bringing together views that typically do not interplay in order to escalate voices that might otherwise be silenced, reduced, or objectified. Findings PA, with its emphases on revoicing and dialoguing participants’ words, seeking understanding in the tensions between voices, and striving for hegemony in the development of themes, heightens researchers’ awareness of key principles of qualitative research, suggesting its use as a pedagogical approach for teaching qualitative research as an interpretive paradigm. The authors reference their study on the impact of the No Child Left Behind legislation in the USA to draw examples that illustrate the utility of this research design for pedagogy and practice. Originality/value PA creates meaning by recognizing multivocality and dialogism. The authors propose and describe this novel application of a literary analysis tool for use as a tool for pedagogy and research methodology.
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Hansen, Elsa, Julie Ernst, and Julia Washburn. "Interpretive Accommodations for National Park Service Visitors who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing." Journal of Interpretation Research 22, no. 1 (April 2017): 5–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109258721702200102.
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Interpretation plays a critical role in fulfilling the mission of the National Park Service (NPS). This study used survey research to describe the interpretive accommodations currently provided to NPS visitors who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing (HoH). Results show that most park units have completed accessibility assessments and provide some form of interpretive accommodations for visitors who are d/Deaf or HoH. However, many park units perceived their unit was not sufficiently meeting the needs of visitors who are d/Deaf or HoH, and felt that their unit should be doing more. Perceived barriers to providing interpretive accommodations included budget and staffing constraints, lack of familiarity with possible services used by visitors who are d/Deaf or HoH, and limited knowledge of legal responsibilities or guidelines pertaining to visitors who are d/Deaf or HoH. Recommendations stemming from this study include the following: staff training; incorporation of the Principles of Universal Design; inclusion of individuals who are d/ Deaf or HoH in planning and evaluation of interpretive services; regular assessments for accessibility; personal and agency-level commitment toward equitable service; use of websites as source of information regarding interpretive accommodations; development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for accommodative services; creation of a collateral duty for general accessibility; and additional research regarding what services visitors who are d/Deaf or HoH would find most useful to prioritize limited time and budget.
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Venkatesh, Dr Aruna, and Dr Henry Ma. "Critical conversations as a tool for students' tacit knowledge construction: An interpretive research in interior design studio interactions." International Journal of Educational Research Open 2-2 (2021): 100076. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2021.100076.
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De Loo, Ivo, Stuart Cooper, and Melina Manochin. "Enhancing the transparency of accounting research: the case of narrative analysis." Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 12, no. 1 (April 20, 2015): 34–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qram-02-2013-0007.
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Purpose – This paper aims to clarify what ‘narrative analysis’ may entail when it is assumed that interview accounts can be treated as (collections of) narratives. What is considered a narrative and how these may be analyzed is open to debate. After suggesting an approach of how to deal with narrative analysis, the authors critically discuss how far it might offer insights into a particular accounting case. Design/methodology/approach – After having explained what the authors’ view on narrative analysis is, and how this is linked with the extant literature, the authors examine the socialisation processes of two early career accountants that have been articulated in an interview context. Findings – The approach to narrative analysis set out in this paper could help to clarify how and why certain interpretations from an interview are generated by a researcher. The authors emphasise the importance of discussing a researcher’s process of discovery when an interpretive approach to research is adopted. Research limitations/implications – The application of any method, and what a researcher thinks can be distilled from this, depends on the research outlook he/she has. As the authors adopt an interpretive approach to research in this paper, they acknowledge that the interpretations of narratives, and what they deem to be narratives, will be infused by their own perceptions. Practical implications – The authors believe that the writing-up of qualitative research from an interpretive stance would benefit from an explicit acceptance of the equivocal nature of interpretation. The way in which they present and discuss the narrative analyses in this paper intends to bring this to the fore. Originality/value – Whenever someone says he/she engages in narrative analysis, both the “narrative” and “analysis” part of “narrative analysis” need to be explicated. The authors believe that this only happens every so often. This paper puts forward an approach of how more clarity on this might be achieved by combining two frameworks in the extant literature, so that the transparency of the research is enhanced.
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Bitgood, Stephen. "The Role of Attention in Designing Effective Interpretive Labels." Journal of Interpretation Research 5, no. 2 (November 2000): 31–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109258720000500205.
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Processes of attention can provide a conceptual framework for understanding visitor reactions to interpretive labels. In this article, three principles of attention are used to organize what we know about interpretive label design. The first principle, selectivity, suggests that the distinctiveness or salience of a label or object will influence which of many elements will be given attention. The second principle, motivated focusing, states that motivation is enhanced by minimizing the amount of effort, increasing cognitive-emotional arousal and minimizing distractions. The last principle, limited capacity, proposes that the resources of attention have a limited capacity and are depleted over time with effort expended. Findings of research studies and specific principles (e.g., an isolated object receives more attention than an object embedded in dense stimuli) are described within this conceptual framework.
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Yamada, Naoko. "Assessing the Needs of Interpreter Training in Japan." Journal of Interpretation Research 19, no. 2 (November 2014): 39–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109258721401900204.
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This research attempted to identify the needs present in interpreter training in Japan. Interviews with trainers and interpreters, and questionnaires administered to interpreters were employed to explore (a) the skills and abilities necessary for successful interpreters and (b) the challenges that trainers may experience regarding interpretive training in Japan. The results showed both consistency and inconsistency in the perceptions of interpreters and trainers. Interpretive design, communication and public speaking, and risk management are core subjects recommended for future introductory-level training programs in Japan. Managerial and training skills are suggested for new types of training programs. Several challenges to interpreter training in Japan were also identified.
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Jackson, Robert. "A Retrospective Introduction to Religious Education: An Interpretive Approach." Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education 7, no. 1 (December 1, 2016): 149–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/dcse-2016-0011.
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Abstract The author takes a retrospective look at his book Religious Education: An Interpretive Approach, first published in 1997, and now available to readers, open access, via the European Wergeland Centre website (http://www.theewc.org/Content/Library/Research-Development/Literature/Introducing-Religious-Education-an-Interpretive-Approach). He tells a personal story of teaching, broadcasting and research, moving from the design of a methodology for studying the religions of minority groups in Britain to identifying the main concepts used for teaching about religions to children and young people in an engaging way, which relates to their own personal and social experience. The article, explains the key concept of representation – looking, for example, at how religions are often represented in ways that play down their internal diversity. Next the concept of interpretation is considered, emphasising the activity through which learners can compare and contrast the use of language by religious believers with their own nearest equivalent language uses, in trying, with sensitivity, to get as close as possible to their meanings. Finally, the process of reflexivity is explained; this gives learners an opportunity for three activities – to re-assess their understanding of their own world view (called edification in the interpretive approach), to make a distanced critique of beliefs and ideas they have studied, and to evaluate the methods that they have been using to learn about the religious meanings of others. Finally the author illustrates how the key concepts from the interpretive approach have been adapted for use in field research studies on teaching and learning about religions.
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Lamb, Christina, Yolanda Babenko-Mould, Marilyn Evans, Carol A. Wong, and Ken W. Kirkwood. "Conscientious objection and nurses: Results of an interpretive phenomenological study." Nursing Ethics 26, no. 5 (April 3, 2018): 1337–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733018763996.
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Background: While conscientious objection is a well-known phenomenon in normative and bioethical literature, there is a lack of evidence to support an understanding of what it is like for nurses to make a conscientious objection in clinical practice including the meaning this holds for them and the nursing profession. Research question: The question guiding this research was: what is the lived experience of conscientious objection for Registered Nurses in Ontario? Research design: Interpretive phenomenological methodology was used to gain an in-depth understanding of what it means to be a nurse making a conscientious objection. Purposive sampling with in-depth interview methods was used to collect and then analyze data through an iterative process. Participants and research context: Eight nurse participants were interviewed from across practice settings in Ontario, Canada. Each participant was interviewed twice over 9 months. Ethical considerations: This study was conducted in accordance with Health Science Research Ethics Board approval and all participants gave consent. Findings: Six themes emerged from data analysis: encountering the problem, knowing oneself, taking a stand, alone and uncertain, caring for others, and perceptions of support. Discussion: This study offers an initial understanding of what it is like to be a nurse making a conscientious objection in clinical practice. Implications for nursing practice, education, policy, and further research are discussed. Conclusion: Addressing ethical issues in nursing practice is complex. The need for education across nursing, healthcare disciplines and socio-political sectors is essential to respond to nurses’ ethical concerns giving rise to objections. Conscience emerged as an informant to nurses’ conscientious objections. The need for morally inclusive environments and addressing challenging ethical questions as well as the concept of conscience are relevant to advancing nursing ethics and ethical nursing practice.
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Millman, Zachary B., James M. Gold, Vijay A. Mittal, and Jason Schiffman. "The Critical Need for Help-Seeking Controls in Clinical High-Risk Research." Clinical Psychological Science 7, no. 6 (September 23, 2019): 1171–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702619855660.
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Despite rapidly growing knowledge of the clinical high-risk (CHR) state for psychosis, the vast majority of case-control studies have relied on healthy volunteers as a reference point for drawing inferences about the CHR construct. Researchers have long recognized that results generated from this design are limited by significant interpretive concerns, yet little attention has been given to how these concerns affect the growing field of CHR research. We argue that overreliance on healthy control participants in CHR research threatens the validity of inferences concerning group differences, hinders advances in understanding the development of psychosis, and limits clinical progress. We suggest that the combined use of healthy and help-seeking (i.e., psychiatric) controls is a necessary step for the next generation of CHR research. We then evaluate methods for help-seeking control studies, identify the available CHR studies that have used such designs, discuss select findings in this literature, and offer recommendations for research.
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Bueddefeld, Jill, Michelle Murphy, Julie Ostrem, and Elizabeth Halpenny. "Methodological Bricolage and COVID-19: An Illustration From Innovative, Novel, and Adaptive Environmental Behavior Change Research." Journal of Mixed Methods Research 15, no. 3 (June 10, 2021): 437–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15586898211019496.
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This article explores innovative and novel research methods and adaptive approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic to examine visitor learning and proenvironmental behavior. We present a mixed methods study that used a methodological bricolage approach to field-based data collection. The pandemic limited our ability to carry out the original study design. Quickly pivoting, the study was adapted to an explanatory sequential design with a survey, an interpretive video, naturalistic observations, personal meaning maps, interviews and a new method: comprehension assessments. This resulted in data collection that maintained trustworthiness and rigor, while remaining flexible to changing protocols. This article contributes to the field of mixed methods research by demonstrating the application of methodological bricolage in visitor research during catastrophic social change.
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Cagno, Enrico, Guido J. L. Micheli, and Giacomo Di Foggia. "Smart metering projects: an interpretive framework for successful implementation." International Journal of Energy Sector Management 12, no. 2 (June 4, 2018): 244–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijesm-08-2017-0009.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze a set of smart meters implementation projects and provide insights and recommendations to facilitate smart metering deployment strategies. Design/methodology/approach Several significant projects are analyzed on different fronts: scale, technology, economics and regulation, using a common methodology to unfold patterns that constitute key components of successful smart meters diffusion. Findings Key elements and controllable enabling patterns from Europe-wide SM implementation projects are identified together with drivers and barriers for patterns replication. Research limitations/implications The authors provide a framework considering different stakeholders that will help distribution system operators to accelerate and extend smart meters’ penetration. Originality/value Based on the Meter-ON project (supported by the 7th Framework Program of the European Commission), we provide valuable information aimed at facilitating the large-scale deployment of smart meters.
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ZANOTTI, RENZO. "Nursing Research in Italy." Annual Review of Nursing Research 17, no. 1 (January 1999): 295–322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0739-6686.17.1.295.
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Nursing in Italy is achieving a higher academic status as a result of decades of efforts in scientific knowledge development. Beginning in the 1980s, Italian nurses, supported by researchers from allied disciplines, have begun to design and implement research at the local, regional, and national level. This study is the first effort ever made to identify the main characteristics of Italian nursing research published in Italian journals. The review covers 14 years (1983–1997). Overall, 240 studies from 11 journals, research reports from books, and several conference proceedings have been considered. Inclusion criteria were based on quality of research design, considering components such as sampling, sample size, and method of data analysis. Each article was analyzed according to an interpretive scheme focusing on method of analysis, scientific merit, and authorship.Of the 240 studies reviewed, journal articles selected from ten Italian journals accounted for 175 (73%), or the majority, of reviewed sources. Sixty-five (26%) research reports complete the remaining number. The major areas of research identified include nursing practice (43%), nursing education (6%), nursing administration and professional issues (34%), and knowledge and perceptions in society and nursing (17%). The majority of the research studies utilized survey models (47%), including several retrospective and longitudinal studies, followed by exploratory or descriptive (36%) and quasi-experimental (17%) designs. Many reports failed to identify the method of sampling used in the research design. However, of those that did, convenience samples were most often used. Random sampling was rarely reported. The majority of studies employed only descriptive statistics (i.e., frequency distribution, central tendency, variability, contingency tables, and correlation). Only few studies made use of advanced statistics for testing hypotheses (parametric and non-parametric tests) among which only a low percentage cited reliability testing. In 42% of the studies, the authors were represented by a group of nurses. Nurses and physicians worked together to author another 30% of the studies. The remaining studies were authored by either individual nurses (24%) or nurses and nonmedical professionals (4%). Much of the reviewed research has been carried out by nurses who have little or no research training.
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Muryani, Ni Made Sri, Indah Winarni, and Setyoadi Setyoadi. "BALINESE TRADITIONAL TREATMENT (BALIAN) IN PATIENTS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS." Belitung Nursing Journal 4, no. 4 (June 29, 2018): 397–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.33546/bnj.425.
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Background: Balinese believe that mental disorders are caused after being possessed and cursed by one’s ancestors, so Balinese choose traditional Balinese treatment (balian/shaman) in handling mental disorders patients.Objective: The purpose of this research is to explore deeply about the use of balian in treating patients with mental disorder.Methods: Qualitative method with an interpretive phenomenological approach was used as the research design. The research also used in-depth interview technique with semi-structured interview guidelines as a data collection strategy. The researcher conducted data analysis using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA).Results: The research found five themes; 1) ancestors’ curse, 2) possessed by a spirit, 3) believe that balian has healing power, 4) balian becomes the first choice prior to the hospital, and 5) the use of traditional and medical treatment at once.Conclusion: The result of the research showed that balian became the first choice in treating patients with mental disorders. It is because Balinese still believes that mental disorders caused by the ancestors’ curse and possessed by the spirit.
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Northam, Jaimie Chloe, and Lynne Magor-Blatch. "Developing a standard for youth modified therapeutic communities." Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities 37, no. 3 (September 12, 2016): 140–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tc-01-2016-0004.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the applicability of the Australasian Therapeutic Communities Association (ATCA) Standard to Australian youth-specific modified therapeutic communities (MTCs). An Interpretive Guide for Youth MTCs and Residential Rehabilitation (RR) Services was developed and a pilot trial conducted with three Australian youth MTC services. Design/methodology/approach Using a mixed-methods design, this study included three components: a consultation process with residential youth MTCs (N=15), which informed the development of the ATCA Standard Interpretive Guide for Youth MTCs and RR Services; a pilot trial of the materials with three Australian youth MTCs (N=53); and an evaluation of the interpretive guide and assessment of applicability of the ATCA standard to youth MTCs through pre- (N=32) and post- (N=19) pilot trial administrations of the Survey of Essential Elements Questionnaires (SEEQ), and post-pilot trial focus groups (N=21). Findings Results indicate that the ATCA Standard is applicable to youth MTC settings when applied with the Interpretive Guide, although no significant differences were found between the pre- and post-pilot trial administrations of the SEEQ. Practical implications Future research is recommended to explore active mechanisms of youth-specific MTCs, differences between adults and youth MTCs, and the development of TC-specific training. Originality/value To date, no standard for youth residential substance use services in Australia has been developed, and this is the first study of its kind internationally to explore the efficacy of standards in a youth MTC.
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Pitchaimuthu, Selladurai, Jitesh J. Thakkar, and P. R. C. Gopal. "Modelling of risk factors for defence aircraft industry using interpretive structural modelling, interpretive ranking process and system dynamics." Measuring Business Excellence 23, no. 3 (October 22, 2019): 217–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mbe-05-2018-0028.
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Purpose Risk management in defence aircraft industry has considerable interest among academics and practitioners. The purpose of this paper is to develop interactions among risk factors dimensions (RFDs) and inspect the importance relationship among the performance measures in Indian aircraft industry and, finally, understand the effect of involvements provided by the managerial team on risk reduction process. Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature review was carried out to identify 26 risk parameters and 13 performance measure indices relevant for an aircraft industry. Survey method was used to obtain the importance of these parameters and measures. Further, these factors are grouped into five risk dimensions based on the brain storming session by the project managers. Initially, Risk factors for defense aircraft industry (RFDs) analyzed by Interpretative structural model (ISM) to know the contextual relationship among the RFDs and then applied Interpretive ranking process (IRP) to inspect the pre-eminence relationship among them. Finally, SD is applied to understand the effect of involvements provided by the managerial team on risk reduction process. Findings Government policy and legal RFDs has emerged as the key driving RFDs. In IRP modelling, technology RFD has emerged as more influential RFD which is the more relevant factor with respect to performance measure indices and this result is supported by detailed sensitivity analysis of system dynamic model. Originality/value The outcomes of this research can help project management team to identify the high severity risk factors which need immediate risk reduction/mitigation action.
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Dev, Navin K., and Ravi Shankar. "Using interpretive structure modeling to analyze the interactions between environmental sustainability boundary enablers." Benchmarking: An International Journal 23, no. 3 (April 4, 2016): 601–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bij-05-2013-0063.
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Purpose – The modern business community understands the importance of long-term satisfaction of consumer. Enabling the consumer to return products is a significant part of the equation. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the sustainable boundaries in terms of their relationship toward greening a supply chain. Design/methodology/approach – Using interpretive structural modeling the research presents a hierarchy-based model to realize the driving power and dependence of sustainable boundary enablers. Findings – The research shows that there exists a group of enablers having a high driving power and low dependence requiring maximum attention and of strategic importance while another group consists of those variables which have high dependence and are the resultant actions. Practical implications – This classification provides a useful tool to supply chain managers to differentiate between independent and dependent variables and their mutual relationships which would help them to focus while making strategic, tactical or operational decisions as and when required while designing a green supply chain. Originality/value – This research assumes importance in context of greening a supply chain when globally enterprises are getting a lot of pressure from consumers as well as the regulatory measures from the government. Sustainability demands that the resources be used in lean manner through information coordination with all partners in a supply chain. The findings of this study would help delineate those variables that should to be necessarily considered to design a sustainable supply chain.
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IVCHENKO, IVCHENKO. "THE ROLE OF ARTISTIC AND AESTHETIC INTERPRETATION OF ART WORKS IN THE FORMATION OF AESTHETIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF FUTURE DESIGNERS." Scientific Issues of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University. Series: pedagogy, no. 2 (April 6, 2021): 109–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.25128/2415-3605.20.2.15.
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The study is based on the problem of domestic design entering the international market and the development of competitive products by improving its aesthetic qualities. Although a considerable amount of research has been devoted to the problem artistic and aesthetic interpretation, few attempts have been made to investigate formation of the designer's interpretive competence. However, it’s a major component of project activity. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the concept of forming of aesthetic consciousness of the future designers by means of interpretive activity. To achieve the goal of the research the author uses the following scientific methods: the method of studying and generalizing theoretical and practical scientific experience, the method of comparison, the method of analysis, the method of synthesis, the method of artistic and aesthetic interpretation. The essence of the concept of “artistic and aesthetic interpretation” has been substantiated in the article. The author analyzes the object of orientation of the process of artistic and aesthetic interpretation, its result and the features of the interpretive activity. In the article the author highlights the positions on the interpretation of the concept of “aesthetic consciousness of personality” from the broad and narrow position of its understanding. The article describes the main components of the aesthetic consciousness of personality: aesthetic feeling, aesthetic taste and aesthetic ideal. In the article the author notes the shortcomings of the approaches of artistic conservatism and artistic progressiveness in the project activity. The author emphasizes that the only optimal approach to the development of the aesthetic in the present is the “compromise approach”. In the article the author analyzes the creativity of the Ukrainian domestic designers and graphic artists of the 21st century. In the following types of the project activities: graphic design, installation art (art design), book design, environment design (street art, supergraphics). The author reflects the level of implementation of the aesthetic component and the spiritual and semantic filling of the art works, as well as divides the art works by the rank of high and low artistic and aesthetic value. The article reveals the tendencies of development of the domestic art market and its positive and negative influences on the formation of the aesthetic consciousness of personality are grounded. The author argues that the degree of development of aesthetic consciousness and interpretive skills is an important factor in the professional development of the future designers.