Qualitative Research

When doing a thesis for a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA), many
doctoral candidates choose qualitative research as an approach to complete
their project. However, positioning a qualitative research approach in a
disciplinary field, determining, choosing, implementing and contextualizing it
in a judicious manner is crucial for the success of the research work and of
the DBA thesis.

This book has been prepared for DBA candidates to illustrate the development
of qualitative research approaches. Each chapter provides a voice regarding
qualitative research as it is practiced in many management science
disciplines, including strategy, management accounting and control, marketing,
information systems management, finance, human resources management,
organizational theory, and multidisciplinary research. Written to make the
content accessible and to facilitate its appropriation by the readers, these
chapters each offer a presentation of their disciplinary positioning, their
methodological steps, the production of their results, and the formulation of
their managerial recommendations more specifically.

This book is part of the Business Science Institute’s DBA Fundamentals series
to guide the academic work of doctoral candidates in their DBA scientific
training curriculum. It is a musthave companion to the 2019 book by the same
editors, Research Methods for the DBA.