Establishing Data Collection Procedures Equivalence in International Business Research

Agnieszka Chidlow (a.chidlow@mmu.ac.uk) and Pervez N. Ghauri

No wp1013, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: Following a number of earlier studies on data equivalence in cross-cultural international business research, this article uses a content analysis of articles published in four leading international business journals from 2000 to 2009, to uncover the equivalence in current state of data collection procedures used by researchers in mail surveys. The results show that, despite repeated calls and the existence of a well established theoretical framework for mail survey data collection by Don Dillman (1978, 1999), international business scholars have not been inspired to adopt and report the data collection procedures adequately in their work. We hope this work will draw due attention to the aspect in international business research.

Keywords: International; business; research; ·; Mail; survey; ·; Data; collection; procedure; ·; Equivalence; and; Content; analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A30 B41 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages
Date: 2011-03-01
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