What passes as a rigorous case study? Navjot Sandhu Carleton Unversity Ttmg 5004 Dr. Stoyan Tanev.
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What passes as a rigorous case study?Navjot Sandhu
Carleton Unversity
Ttmg 5004
Dr. Stoyan Tanev
Case Studies and Journals Case studies are used as tools for generating and testing
theories
We look at top 10 leading journals and criteria to define a well done case study
Internal validity External validity Construct Validity Reliability
Criteria Internal Validity- causal relationship between
variables and results (logical reasoning) External Validity- Theories must be shown to
account for phenomena not only in the setting in which they are studied, but also in other settings
Construct Validity- Quality of conceptualization (choosing what variables to analyze)
Reliability- absence of error. This allows other researchers to follow the same steps of the experiment done
What should be valid? Different types of validity build up on each
other and can support one another
Many schools of thought arguing that some types of validity should not be included in research analysis
Sampling Theories were constructed by the authors and an experiment was completed on validity use in
journals
5 Hypothesis are used
Case studies that provide secondary reports on reliability are more likely also to provide secondary reports on construct validity, internal validity, and external validity
Case studies published in the highest-ranked journals are more likely to provide primary reports on internal validity than papers published in lower-ranked journals.
Case studies published in the highest-ranked journals are more likely to provide secondary reports on internal validity than papers published in lower-ranked journals.
Case studies published in the highest-ranked journals are more likely to provide reports on construct validity than papers published in lower-ranked journals.
Case studies published in the highest-ranked journals are more likely to provide secondary reports on construct validity than papers published in lower-ranked journals.
Results In this paper, papers were looked at in the 10 leading
journals Out of 159, only 2 primary reports were on construct
validity and 5 on internal validity For most of the studies, a significant amount of
attention is payed to external validity However, the top 3 management journals pay more
attention to internal validity and construct validity and little on external validity
Results(continued) Seems top 3 journal authors not only know
about the different types of validity, but also the relationships amongst them
References Gibbert, M. and Ruigrok ,W. and Wicki, B. Research Notes and Commentaries: What passes
as a rigorous case study? 2008 Strategic Management Journal: #29