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PANEL SYMPOSIUM
DEVELOPING MORE ROBUST THEORY BY BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
Sponsored by the RM, OMT and BPS Divisions
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
8:30AM - 10:10AM
Oceanside Room at the Hilton Anaheim
Panelists:
Kimberly Elsbach, University of California at Davis
Thomas Lee, University of Washington
Michael Lounsbury, University of Alberta School of Business and National Institute for Nanotechnology
Tammar Zilber, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Organizers:
Jean-Baptiste Litrico, McGill University
Sonali K. Shah, University of Washington
As management scholars, we seek to develop better understandings and
theories of how organizations function and interact with their
environments. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are vital
pillars in this endeavor: qualitative methods provide rich, thick, and
accurate understandings, whereas quantitative methods provide large
sample and generalizable testing of these understandings. The vast
majority of studies take either a qualitative or a quantitative
approach; however, a number of scholars have pointed out that developing
methods by which to combine these research traditions within a single
research project will enhance our ability to create accurate, nuanced,
and more highly generalizable theory. Unfortunately, there has been little in depth
discussion of the various ways qualitative and quantitative methods can
be effectively combined.
The goal of this panel-symposium is to discuss concrete strategies that
researchers could explore to combine qualitative and quantitative
research methods in their research designs. Panelists are established
scholars who have experimented with mixing research methods and data
sources, and who will share with the audience the challenges, tradeoffs
and opportunities they have experienced when combining qualitative and
quantitative research methods. The objective of the symposium is to
create a setting where junior scholars can comfortably ask questions and
where senior scholars can be open about their past experiences.
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Jean-Baptiste Litrico
PhD Student
Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Email
jean-baptiste.litrico@mail.mcgill.ca <mailto:
jean-baptiste.litrico@mail.mcgill.ca>