Many of the methodology textbooks that business and management students are
encouraged to use employ a simple and, in our view, flawed dichotomy between objectivist …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the critical realism (CR) philosophical
viewpoint and how it can be applied in qualitative research. CR is a relatively new and …

Thematic analysis (TA) is the most widely used method for analysing qualitative data.
Recent debates, highlighting the binary distinctions between reflexive TA grounded within …

Critical realism (CR) is a useful philosophical framework for social science; however, little
guidance is available on which precise methods–including methods of data collection …

Since the 1970s, critical realism has grown to address a range of subjects, including
economics, philosophy, science, and religion. It has become a complex and mature …

Whilst critical realism (CR) is becoming recognised as a significant meta-theory for the social
sciences, there is little guidance on how to produce research which is consistent with its …

Fully revised, with an updated bibliography and new, relevant illustrative examples based
on work inspired by critical realism, this new edition of Explaining Society constitutes an up …

Student engagement is critical to success in the first year of university, yet evidence about
how and why various factors influence engagement remains relatively rare. This study …

Digital entrepreneurship is presented in popular discourse as a means to empowerment and
greater economic participation for under-resourced and socially marginalised people …

This paper carries out a comparative analysis of the Critical Realist, Social Constructionist
and Social Constructivist paradigms and investigates the impact of both on a proposed …