Theory Building through Case Study

Document Type : Review Paper

Author

Assistant Professor, Management Department, Alzahra University

Abstract

Theory building can provide an analytical framework, facilitate the
development of a scientific discipline and is essential for solving the real
world problems. However, the ratio of theory building research is very small
and most of the researchers avoid doing this kind of research due to lack
of enough knowledge about the theory building processes and especially
about the qualitative data analysis methods. This challenge has been proceed
so that some internal referees are affected too and pay less attention to the
manuscripts without numbers and statistical analysis. Understanding this
existing research gap in the country, the author has written this paper which
is inferred from Eisenhardt`s method for hypothesis building. Eisenhardt
gathered various pieces of theory building from related research and put them
together for developing a roadmap. This road map has adapted a positivism
approach. This means that the process is designed so that can develop the
testable hypothesis and theory that could be extendable in various situations.
This paper explains the stages of theory building through case study research,
therefore it can be effective in eliminating the existing research gap in this
regard.

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Popularization of Science
Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 9
February 2016
Pages 41-57

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