Although member-checking has long been accepted as the gold standard in quantitative research, it is not the pinnacle for expressing rigour in Heideggerian phenomenology because it contradicts many o the underpinning philosophies. Similarly, employing 'experts' to confirm findings conflicts with the values of interpretivism. In this paper, th authors argue that member-checking is frequently use...

Background and aim: Grounded theory has taken some different theoretical perspectives since its creation in 1967 by Barney Glaser. Considering that applying grounded theory partly depends on an awareness of its philosophical perspectives, gaining knowledge about these various perspectives is required for health care professionals who are interested in studying the social processes. This review ...

Since 2008, the government of South Australia has been using a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach to achieve their strategic plan (South Australia Strategic Plan of 2004). In this commentary, we summarize some of the strengths and contributions of the innovative evaluation framework that was developed by an embedded team of academic researchers. To inform how the use of HiAP is evaluated mo...

The article positions mixed-method research (MMR) as a principled complementary method to the traditional quantitative and qualitative approaches. By situating MMR in an analysis of some common paradigms, presents it natural choice order complement cater increasingly complex needs contemporary researchers. It proffers flexible adaptive conceptual framework for designing conducting mixed methods...

The debate over whether a dominant paradigm is appropriate for the rapidly evolving organizational learning (OL) research has resulted in significant discord among researchers in the field. This critical issue paper compares and contrasts the strengths and weaknesses of three widely used research paradigms in OL research: positivism, interpretivism, and critical science. It argues that in many ...

This paper examines the philosophical perspectives in research and justification for adoption of an appropriate paradigm conducting social housing management research. An extensive review established literature related to science was conducted which forms part methodology. The revealed several paradigms such as positivism, realism, interpretivism, pragmatism; each these aimed towards solving ma...