CARMA Live Online Short Courses

North America Region

Qualitative

June 7-24, 2021 – Three Sessions, Two Course Options

Sponsored by Wayne State University

Session 1: June 7-10, Two Course Options | Session 2: June 14-17, Two Course Options | Session 3: June 21-24, Two Course Options

Short Course Sessions and Groupings

We offer two sessions which allows course participants the opportunity to take two back-to-back courses that complement one another. All courses in a session are taught concurrently, so a participant can take only one course per session.

Complete Course Listing

Session 1 (Choose One)	Session 2 (Choose One)	Session 3 (Choose One)
Mon. June 7 through Thur. June 10	Mon. June 14 through Thur. June 17	Mon. June 21 through Thur. June 24
1. “Advanced Qualitative Methods for Macro-Management Research” –  Dr. Rhonda Reger, University of North Texas	1. “Opening the black box of coding: Making sense of qualitative data, including use of Computer Aided/Assistant Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS)” – Dr. Anne Smith, The University of Tennessee Knoxville and Dr. Paula O’Kane, University of New Zealand Otago (This course will be offered from 1 PM to 6 PM ET.)	1. “Crafting High Quality Qualitative Research via a Phronetic Iterative Approach” – Dr. Sarah J. Tracy, Arizona State University (This course will be offered on July 19-22, 2021. Registration is open.)
2. “Video Methods”– Dr. Curtis LeBaron, Brigham Young University	2. “Doing Grounded Theory Research” –Dr. Elaine Hollensbe, University of Cincinnati (This course will be offered on July 19-22, 2021. Registration is open.)	2. “Mixed Methods and Qualitative Comparative Analysis”– Dr. Thomas Greckhamer, Louisiana State University

Session 1: June 7-10, Two Course Options (Choose One)

Option #1: “Advanced Qualitative Methods for Macro-Management Research” – Dr. Rhonda Reger, University of North Texas

In this course, students will be exposed to research methods currently used in macro-level management fields, specifically in strategic management, organization theory and entrepreneurship. This course assumes limited prior knowledge of qualitative methods, but it will still provide a deep grounding in several advanced qualitative methods and text analysis as applied in management research. Methods covered include comparative case study research, content analysis, discourse analysis, rhetorical analysis, sentiment analysis (also called tenor or tone analysis), and the construction of dictionaries. The course will be interactive with discussion of exemplar papers that showcase each of these methods. Students will also be given the opportunity to “pilot test” the methods by interviewing each other and content analyzing a small sample of text. A focus of this workshop will be on matching methods to research questions and the interests and strengths of the research team.

Required Software: LIWC2015 (30 day rental available for $9.95; purchase for $89.95 from Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count)

Option #2: “Video Methods”– Dr. Curtis LeBaron, Brigham Young University

This seminar is an intensive “hands-on” experience with video methods in organizational studies. Participants will learn how to collect and analyze video data that provide empirical support for scholarly evidence and arguments. People may bring their own video, already captured and ready for examination, or use video data provided by the instructor. On the one hand, participants will look closely at human interaction within organizational settings: we will examine how people orchestrate their talk and bodily movement, moment to moment, within social and material environments, all in the service of social action and sense-making. On the other hand, we will keep an eye on “big” social and organizational issues, such as:

• What do power and status (or weakness and inequity) look and sound like?
• How do new ideas emerge and evolve, necessarily taking a social and material form?
• How is expertise enacted and acquired?
• What are patterns of healthy (and deficient) collaboration within an organization?

Seminar activities and assignments have two purposes. First, we will become better acquainted with research methods that may include video (e.g., conversation analysis, context analysis, and ethnography). We will talk about the underlying assumptions, distinctive features, and strengths and weaknesses of various approaches. Second, we will talk about the practical issues of this kind of research, such as research design, site selection and entrée, recording equipment and data collection, transcribing, data management and analysis, paper writing and publication.

Session 2: June 14-17, Two Course Options (Choose One)

Option #1: “Opening the black box of coding: Making sense of qualitative data, including use of Computer Aided/Assistant Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS)” – Dr. Anne Smith, The University of Tennessee Knoxville and Dr. Paula O’Kane, University of New Zealand Otago (This course will be offered from 1 PM to 6 PM ET.)

This workshop explores the purpose of coding data from multiple perspectives, such as content analysis and interpretative analysis. We specifically focus on different approaches to coding, and how this can be applied within two software packages, NVivo and QDA Miner/Wordstat (Provalis Research). The majority of the workshop time with be spent with hands-on learning, using the process of “doing” to understand the underlying concepts. We begin with freehand coding of qualitative data, and then we map this experience into the two software packages, and explain how the software can enable the researcher to obtain a more nuanced view of the data. We specifically explore the CAQDAS packages in relation to transparency and trustworthiness (see O’Kane et al., 2021). Participants will be provided with relevant data sets to explore the processes, but they are welcome to bring their own data and projects for consultation.

Readings:

O’Kane, P. Smith, A. & Lerman, M. (2021). Building Transparency and Trustworthiness in Inductive Research through Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Software, Organizational Research Methods, 24(1), 104-139.

O’Kane, P. (2020). Demystifying CAQDAS: A series of dilemmas. In T.R. Crook, J.K. Le and A.D. Smith, (Eds.) Research Methodology in Strategy and Management: Advancing Methodological Thought and Practice, vol. 12. Emerald Publishing Ltd.

NVivo v1 for Windows preferably (two week trial): https://portal.mynvivo.com/shop/trial?plt=5.4.1.4.0&_ga=2.120603339.212466208.1614219889-1307050803.1610662964 (Note you may need to create an account)

Provalis Research (30 day fully functional trial; ONLY download QDA Miner and Workstat; there are directions if you have a MAC): https://provalisresearch.com/downloads/trial-versions/

Option #2: “Doing Grounded Theory Research” –Dr. Elaine Hollensbe, University of Cincinnati (This course will be offered on July 19-22, 2021. Registration is open.)

This course will explore the process of conducting a grounded theory study. Through readings, discussion (exemplar and how-to articles) and hands-on exercises, the session begins with generating research questions and interview protocols; collecting data (e.g., participatory, interview, secondary); the coding process; other data analytic processes beyond coding; generating a grounded model; and navigating the review process. This seminar will examine how to ensure trustworthiness and rigor in grounded theory research, and consider challenges of conducting such research when you’ve been trained primarily in quantitative research.

Session 3: June 21-24, Two Course Options (Choose One)

Option #1: “Crafting High Quality Qualitative Research via a Phronetic Iterative Approach” – Dr. Sarah J. Tracy, Arizona State University (This course will be offered on July 19-22, 2021. Registration is open.)

This workshop offers a step-by-step process for engaging qualitative research via a phronetic iterative approach, including research design, data collection, coding, interpretation, analysis and writing. Along the way, participants will learn strategies for achieving quality in qualitative research across disciplines and paradigmatic leanings. Based upon material in the instructor’s book Qualitative Research Methods: Collecting Evidence, Crafting Analysis, Communicating Impact and article, Qualitative quality: Eight “big-tent” criteria for excellent qualitative research, participants will learn techniques so that their research evidences: 1) worthy topic, 2) rich rigor, 3) sincerity, 4) credibility, 5) resonance, 6) significant contribution, 7) ethics and 8) meaningful coherence.  Additionally, they will be presented with claim-making and theory building heuristics as well as arts-based approaches that help their research have resonance and significance beyond the case at hand. This workshop is ideal for students, researchers, grant-writers, and instructors of qualitative methods—both those new to these areas as well as experienced. The phronetic iterative approach offers a useful pedagogical model and the quality conceptualization provides a common language of qualitative best practices that can be recognized as integral by a variety of audiences.

As a result of the workshop, participants will learn to:

• Understand unique value of qualitative approaches and a phronetic iterative approach.
• Design research questions appropriate for qualitative research
• Learn best practices related to research design, including research questions, participant witnessing, and interviewing.
• Learn and practice qualitative data analysis techniques, such as open coding and in vivo coding, creating a qualitative codebook, and the differences between first and second level codes.
• Practice artistic qualitative approaches such as picture drawing and metaphor analysis.
• Learn how to transform lots of data and codes to specific claims and arguments so that the research can provide significant theoretical contributions, resonate/transfer to a variety of settings, and provide important practical implications.
• Understand the environment surrounding “rigor” and “quality” and answer the question, “why criteria?”
• Discuss why conventional (quantitative) yardsticks for research rigor are inappropriate for qualitative research
• Introduce a language and conversational domain that articulates what quality looks like in qualitative research
• Talk through and practice a number of techniques for creating quality
• Hear behind the scenes tips from Sarah Tracy’s qualitative research projects
• Practice writing qualitative research and discuss how to overcome common publishing challenges

Tracy, S. J. (2020). Qualitative research methods: Collecting evidence, crafting analysis, communicating impact, 2^nd Ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Tracy, S. J. (2010). Qualitative quality: Eight “big-tent” criteria for excellent qualitative research. Qualitative Inquiry, 16, 837-851.

Tracy, S. J. (2018). A phronetic iterative approach to data analysis in qualitative research. Journal of Qualitative Research, 19: 2, 61-76. doi.org/10.22284/qr.2018.19.2.61

Option #2: “Mixed Methods and Qualitative Comparative Analysis”– Dr. Thomas Greckhamer, Louisiana State University

This course begins with an overview of mixed methods research designs, including sequential explanatory, exploratory, and transformational versions, as well as concurrent triangulation, nested, and transformative alternatives. Next, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is introduced as an increasingly popular approach in management research that is relevant for qualitative and quantitative researchers alike. The course includes hands-on application of QCA, Crisp- and Fuzzy-Set analyses, the interpretation of QCA results, and the potential of using QCA as part of mixed methods research designs.