7th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies

Proceedings of
The 7^th European Conference on Research Methods for Business and Management Studies
held at Regent’s College, London, UK
19-20 June 2008

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Paper Title	Author(s)	Page No.
Preface		iv
Biographies of Conference Chairs, Programme Chair, Keynote Speaker and Mini-track Chairs		vii
Biographies of contributing authors		viii
Dynamic Systems Analysis: The Technology Acceptance Model	Emad Abu-Shanab Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan	1-8
Advising Students Studying Sensitive Topics: Experiences and Challenges	Sam Agyeman Lincoln Business School University of Lincoln UK	9-16-
The Delphi Technique and Educating Entrepreneurs for the Future	Trevor Amos and Noel Pearse Rhodes University, South Africa	17-24
Meditations on Self Practice: An Autobiographical Discourse	Andrew Armitage Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK	25-34
Undertaking a Structured Literature Review or Structuring a Literature Review: Tales from the Field	Andrew Armitage and Diane Keeble-Allen Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK	35-46
Let’s Focus Here …	Marie Ashwin¹ and Alan Hirst² ¹Business School, University of Hertfordshire UK²London South Bank University, UK	47-54
Teaching Research Methods to Greek MBA Students	Christos Athanasoulis University of Piraeus Greece	55-62
Inductive Approaches Using a Priori Coding in Information Systems Research: A Discussion	Miguel Baptista Nunes and Salim Hilal Al-Mamari University of Sheffield, UK	63-72
Beyond the Usual Suspects: Critically Informed Research	Peter Bednar^{1 2} and Christine Welch² ¹Lund University, Sweden ²University of Portsmouth, UK	73-80
Is Modernism v Postmodernism a Relevant Discussion?	Peter Bednar and Christine Welch University of Portsmouth, UK	83-88
Crossing the Rubicon: From Quantitative Objectivism to Transcendental Phenomenology	Patrick Bradbery Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia	89-98
Individualised Rating-Scale Procedure: A Means of Reducing Response Style Contamination in Survey Data?	Elisa Chami-Castaldi, Nina Reynolds and James Wallace University of Bradford, UK	99-110
A Framework for Mixed Stakeholders and Mixed Methods	Barbara Crump and Keri Logan Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand	111-118
Investigating the Use of Likert-Type, Variable-Response Items in Cross-Cultural Research: The Influence of Culture-Based Response Bias	Robert Culpepper¹, Liming Zhao² and Joseph Ballenger¹ ¹Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, USA ²Lexmark, Inc., Lexington, KY USA	119-124
Active Exploration of Emerging Themes in Interpretive Case Study Research: The “Evolutionary Case” Approach	Linda Dawson Monash University, Caulfield East, Australia	125-136
A Critical Examination of Mixing Methods for Developing Business and Management Theories	David Douglas Business School Staffordshire University UK	137-142
How to Protect the Fledgling Researcher Connected with Emergent Research and Learning Initiatives: What are the Ethical and Sensitivity Issues?	Peter Dyer University of Lincoln, UK	143-150
Using Visual Techniques In Research: The Case Of Correspondence Analysis	Jose Esteves and Victor Bohorquez Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain	151-158
Project Management through a Grounded Theory Lens	Svetla Georgieva¹ and George Allan² ¹Technical University of Sofia Bulgaria ²University of Portsmouth UK	159-168
Building Knowledge – Developing a Grounded Theory of Knowledge Management for Construction	Brian Graham and Ken Thomas Waterford Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland	169-176
Educating Research Students for Employment in a Global Environment: A Practitioners View	Daphne Hartney and Corrinne Shaw University of Cape Town, South Africa	177-184
Researching Ethical Consumer Behaviour: Reflections on an Emergent Methodology	Alex Hiller Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK	185-194
Evaluating Model Fit: A Synthesis of the Structural Equation Modelling Literature	Daire Hooper¹, Joseph Coughlan¹ and Michael Mullen² ¹Dublin Institute of Technology Republic of Ireland ²Florida Atlantic University, FL, USA	195-200
My Colleagues and My Filing Cabinet: Insider Research Access for Part-Time Post-Graduate Students	Deborah Knowles Westminster Business School London UK	201-208
The Use of a Sequential Multi Method Research Design in Exploring Psychological Contracts Within Academia	Branka Krivokapic-Skoko and Grant O’ Neill Charles Sturt University Bathurst, NSW, Australia	209-218
Opportunities and Limitations of a Single Case Study Design for Researching the Post Merger Integration Process	Bärbel Lauser University of Innsbruck, Austria	219-228
Using Avatars in Management and Social Science Research	John Mendy University of Lincoln, UK	229-236
Longitudinal Research Methods Approaches in International Business - A Typology	Eriikka Paavilainen and Mélanie Raukko Turku School of Economics Finland	237-244
Issues and Difficulties in Doing Participative Research in China: Lessons Learned from a Survey in Information Systems Research	Guo Chao Peng and Miguel Baptista Nunes University of Sheffield, UK	245-252
Theorising from Case Studies: Current Practices in International Business Journals	Rebecca Piekkari¹, Catherine Welch² and Eriikka Paavilainen³ ¹Helsinki School of Economics Finland²University of Sydney Australia, ³Turku School of Economics Finland	253-262
Millennial Students and Technology Choices for Information Searching	Martin Rich Cass Business School, London, UK	268-266
White Researcher- Black Subjects: Exploring the Challenges of Researching the Marginalised and ‘Invisible’	Gisela Schulte Agyeman City Psychological Service Kingston upon Hul,l UK	267-274
Action Research Applied to Knowledge Management in a Fast Moving Consumer Goods company	Peter Sharp MaKE Inc and Regents Business School,London, UK	275-284
Varieties of Actor-Network Theory in Information Systems Research	Jim Underwood University of Technology, Sydney, Australia	285-292
Innovative Developments in the use of Template Analysis: Two Comparative Case Studies from the Field	Teresa Waring¹ and David Wainwright² ¹Newcastle Business School, UK ²Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK	293-302
Partial and Total Disaggregation Framework of a Second-order Construct in the Relationship of Organisational Culture and Internal Corporate Governance	Amin Wibowo, Mohammed Quaddus and Robert EvansCurtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia	303-314