Iterative-Pragmatic Case Study Method and Comparisons with Other Case Study Method Ideologies

Harm-Jan Steenhuis

Chapter 19 in The Palgrave Handbook of Research Design in Business and Management, 2015, pp 341-373 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter Steenhuis succinctly explains the differences in research ideology and strategy (deductive vs. inductive-driven) case study research methods. The post-positivist ideology form of case study method uses a deductive a priori theory-driven and strategy for the unit of analysis that has been popularized by thought leader Robert Yin (1994). The pragmatic ideology form of case study method (further right on the continuum, close to constructivist) uses an inductive-oriented, theory-grounded unit of analysis research strategy. This latter interpretivist form of case study follows the work of thought leaders Glaser and Strauss (2007) as well as Locke (1996). Steenhuis clearly has a pragmativist ideology, which he labels as leaning toward the Straussian and Glaserian school of grounded theory. After reviewing and contrasting the post-positivist versus interpretative-pragmatic forms of case study approaches in the literature, he introduces a new research methodology (with relevant techniques) to implement his approach: interactive-pragmatic case study method.

Keywords: Research Technique; Sage Publication; Case Study Research; Ground Theory Approach; Multiple Case Study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137484956_19

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