{"id":8682,"date":"2018-10-26T15:01:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T15:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-deu2\/stage-2-the-research-process\/"},"modified":"2020-03-18T09:34:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T09:34:20","slug":"stage-2-the-research-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/stage-2-the-research-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 2: The Research Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How to develop specific ideas\/questions<\/h2>\n<p>In stage two we will elaborate on the development of a research question. You already might have a first idea or a field of interest. This is a great starting point. Anyway, to really understand your idea, to become familiar what is already known in a specific field, and to get an idea of possible research methods, it is important to develop a clear research question or intended contribution.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Florian 003\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/estream.lancaster.ac.uk\/\/Embed.aspx?wmode=opaque&amp;source=wordpress&amp;id=3639&amp;code=aI~6exNAfSIvVSleotrhDAztl\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Further reading<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Recommended:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Alvesson, M., &amp; Sandberg, J. (2013).\u00a0<em>Constructing research questions: Doing interesting research<\/em>. Sage.<\/li>\n<li>Bryman, A., &amp; Bell, E. (2015).\u00a0<em>Business research methods<\/em>. Oxford University Press, USA. (corresponding chapter)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Additional sources:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Alvesson, M., &amp; Sandberg, J. (2011). Generating research questions through problematization.\u00a0<em>Academy of management review<\/em>,\u00a0<em>36<\/em>(2), 247-271.<\/li>\n<li>Alvesson, M., &amp; Sandberg, J. (2013). Has management studies lost its way? Ideas for more imaginative and innovative research. Journal of Management Studies, 50(1), 128-152.<\/li>\n<li>Alvesson, M., &amp; Sandberg, J. (2014). Habitat and habitus: Boxed-in versus box-breaking research.\u00a0<em>Organization Studies<\/em>,\u00a0<em>35<\/em>(7), 967-987.<\/li>\n<li>Birkinshaw, J., Healey, M. P., Suddaby, R., &amp; Weber, K. (2014). Debating the future of management research.\u00a0<em>Journal of Management Studies<\/em>,\u00a0<em>51<\/em>(1), 38-55.<\/li>\n<li>Colquitt, J. A., &amp; Zapata-Phelan, C. P. (2007). Trends in theory building and theory testing: A five-decade study of the Academy of Management Journal.\u00a0<em>Academy of management journal<\/em>,\u00a0<em>50<\/em>(6), 1281-1303.<\/li>\n<li>Levy, Y., &amp; Ellis, T. J. (2006). A systems approach to conduct an effective literature review in support of information systems research.\u00a0<em>Informing Science<\/em>,\u00a0<em>9<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Randolph, J. J. (2009). A guide to writing the dissertation literature review.\u00a0<em>Practical Assessment, Research &amp; Evaluation<\/em>,\u00a0<em>14<\/em>(13), 1-13.<\/li>\n<li>Rowley, J., &amp; Slack, F. (2004). Conducting a literature review.\u00a0<em>Management research news<\/em>,\u00a0<em>27<\/em>(6), 31-39.<\/li>\n<li>Webster, J., &amp; Watson, R. T. (2002). Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: Writing a literature review.\u00a0<em>MIS quarterly<\/em>, xiii-xxiii.<\/li>\n<li>Whetten, D. A. (1989). What constitutes a theoretical contribution?.\u00a0<em>Academy of management review<\/em>,\u00a0<em>14<\/em>(4), 490-495.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to develop specific ideas\/questions In stage two we will elaborate on the development of a research question. You already might have a first idea or a field of interest. This is a great starting point. Anyway, to really understand your idea, to become familiar what is already known in a specific field, and to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/stage-2-the-research-process\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stage 2: The Research Process<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":781,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8682","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-the-research-process"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ParQx9-2g2","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/781"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8682"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9070,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8682\/revisions\/9070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lums-research-methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}