Application of qualitative research in management (why, when and how) Qualitative research has been increasingly used in all sciences. In this paper we will discuss about the applications of qualitative research methods in management sciences. The differences between quantitative and qualitative researches will be clarified and the statistical methods which are suitable for such researches will...

Purpose: Today, human resources are considered as one of the most important resources of any organization. Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of modeling the complications of the retention, maintenance and education system of human resources. Methodology: This study was mixed means combination of qualitative and quantitative researches. The population of the qualitative...

Qualitative research helps researchers address issues in a specific context in their research disciplines. There are a number of research approaches which are included under the umbrella of qualitative methods. The social science disciplines have different conventions on best practices in qualitative research. This essay describes the structure of a qualitative research manuscript which is suit...

Mixed methods research is the integration of quantitative and qualitative components in a research project. Whether you are reading or designing a mixed methods research project, it is important to be familiar with both qualitative and quantitative research methods and the specific purposes for which they are brought together in a study: triangulation, complementarity, expansion, initiation, or...

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a content analysis model for assessing students‟ cognitive learning in asynchronous online discussions. It adopted a fully mixed methods design, in which qualitative and quantitative methods were employed sequentially for data analysis and interpretation. Specifically, the design was a “sequential exploratory” (QUAL→ quan) design with priori...

Genetic analysis of quantitative traits is applied in a wide variety of substantive research areas. Many human characteristics exhibit continuous variation, such as height, weight, intelligence or personality, but the application of quantitative genetics is not limited to traits thought to be continuous. For example, eye color may be assessed in a qualitative fashion – blue versus brown versus ...