Examining Practical, Everyday Theory Use in Design Research

Examining Family Stress: Theory and Research

Practical Step towards Sampling in Qualitative Research; Focused on Grounded Theory

Today, there is a growing trend towards qualitative research in different areas of academic investigations. However, students face difficulties in deciding on qualitative methods of research, because most of the literature on qualitative research focuses on the philosophical and theoretical aspects, and they hardly offer any practical guidelines. This problem is rooted in the essence of qualita...

Practical Considerations in Grounded Theory Research

This paper is a discussion on the practical issues faced by Information Systems professionals when they employ Grounded Theory Method (GTM) in Information Systems research. Various strands of GTM are in us, all of which are derivates of the grand GTM proposed by Barney G. Glaser and Anselm G. Strauss in 1967. Starting with the dicta proposed by these two authors in 1967 on the use of GTM, the p...

Ergonomics and sustainability in the design of everyday use products.

The relationship between Ergonomics and Design is a key element in the sustainability project, as well as in many other areas of experimental design. In the Design for Sustainability field, Ergonomics is a strategic factor for design culture innovation, providing designers with the necessary knowledge and skills regarding human characteristics and capabilities, as well as user needs and desires...

Discourse processing-examining our everyday language experiences.

Studies of discourse processing focus on the ways in which readers and listeners comprehend language. The linguistic segments of interest to the field tend to be larger than sound, word, or sentence-level units; they include the books and conversational communications that comprise our everyday cognitive and social interactions. The current review focuses on discourse comprehension (specificall...