ALTERNATE APPROACHES TO INTEGRATING LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDIES

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: McPhee, Robert D.
• 署名单位: University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1.4.393
• 发表日期: 1990
• 页码: 393-405
• 关键词: LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDIES; COMPARATIVE RESEARCH; MULTIPLE INTERPRETATIONS

摘要

In dealing with a large set of longitudinal case studies, researchers often assume that they can and should seek a single set of variables and explanatory theory to deal similarly with all the cases. This paper describes three approaches to the problems of cross-case integration and comparison. It also describes a set of comparative methods that can be used to diagnose case-study data-sets, to see which integrative approach is best.