Demystifying case research: A structured-pragmatic-situational (SPS) approach to conducting case studies
Demystifying case research: A structured-pragmatic-situational (SPS) approach to conducting case studies
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DOI：
10.1016/j.infoandorg.2011.07.001
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发表时间：
2011-11-01
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Tan, Barney
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作者：
Pan, Shan L.;Tan, Barney
尽管在文献中有大量的进行案例研究的处方和例子，但事实上，大多数处方倾向于（1）阐明难以转化为具体可操作步骤的一般原则/指导方针，（2）仅在理想化条件下有效，在该领域可能不可行，以及（3）强调需要灵活，而不解释如何实现灵活性，正在创造一个陡峭的学习曲线。为了解决这些差距，一个结构化的语用情景（SPS）的方法进行案例研究，提出了详细的说明，其八个步骤的每一个。这八个步骤包括：（1）访问协商，（2）概念化现象，（3）收集和组织初始数据，（4）构建和扩展理论透镜，（5）确认和验证数据，（6）选择性编码，（7）确保理论-数据-模型对齐，（8）撰写案例报告。SPS方法通过其处方引入了许多概念创新，将一些最常被引用的案例研究方法的不同建议整合为一个连贯的整体，并为案例研究人员面临的一些常见问题提出了解决方案。(C)2011爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Despite an abundance of prescriptions and examples for the conduct of case research in the literature, the fact that most prescriptions tend to (1) articulate general principles/guidelines that are difficult to translate into specific, actionable steps, (2) hold only under idealized conditions and may be unworkable in the field, and (3) emphasize the need to be flexible without explaining how flexibility can be achieved, is creating a steep learning curve. To address these gaps, a structured-pragmatic-situational (SPS) approach to conducting case research is proposed with detailed instructions provided for each of its eight steps. The eight steps include (1) access negotiation, (2)conceptualizing the phenomenon,(3) collecting and organizing the initial data, (4) constructing and extending the theoretical lens, (5) confirming and validating data, (6) selective coding, (7) ensuring theory-data-model alignment, and (8) writing the case report. With its prescriptions, the SPS approach introduces a number of conceptual innovations, integrates the different recommendations of some of the most frequently cited works on the case research method into a coherent whole, and suggests resolutions for a number of common issues that confront case researchers. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.