Qualitative case studies in operations management: Trends, research outcomes, and future research implications
Qualitative case studies in operations management: Trends, research outcomes, and future research implications
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jom.2010.06.002
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发表时间：
2011-05-01
影响因子：
7.8
通讯作者：
Li, Mei
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作者：
Barratt, Mark;Choi, Thomas Y.;Li, Mei
我们的研究探讨了运营管理中定性案例研究的现状。五种主要的业务管理期刊因其对外地的影响而被列入。它们按字母顺序排列：决策科学。国际运营与生产管理杂志。管理科学，生产和运营管理。所选的定性案例研究发表于1992年至2007年。随着越来越多的趋势，使用更多的定性案例研究，有意义的和重大的贡献，运营管理领域，特别是在理论建设领域。然而，在我们回顾的许多定性案例研究中，缺乏研究设计、数据收集和数据分析方面的足够细节。例如，有些研究没有提供抽样逻辑，也没有描述得出研究结果的分析。此外，做归纳案例研究的研究协议比做演绎案例研究的研究协议要好得多。因此，案例方法的适用方式缺乏一致性。作为定性研究人员，我们就如何改进我们所做的工作并提高严谨性和一致性提出建议。由爱思唯尔公司出版
Our study examines the state of qualitative case studies in operations management. Five main operations management journals are included for their impact on the field. They are in alphabetical order: Decision Sciences. International journal of Operations and Production Management Journal of Operations Management. Management Science, and Production and Operations Management. The qualitative case studies chosen were published between 1992 and 2007. With an increasing trend toward using more qualitative case studies, there have been meaningful and significant contributions to the field of operations management, especially in the area of theory building. However, in many of the qualitative case studies we reviewed, sufficient details in research design, data collection, and data analysis were missing. For instance, there are studies that do not offer sampling logic or a description of the analysis through which research outcomes are drawn. Further, research protocols for doing inductive case studies are much better developed compared to the research protocols for doing deductive case studies. Consequently, there is a lack of consistency in the way the case method has been applied. As qualitative researchers, we offer suggestions on how we can improve on what we have done and elevate the level of rigor and consistency. Published by Elsevier B.V.