| Wednesday 27 June 2012 |
| 18:30 | Pre-conference registration and welcome meeting (Until 1930)
In the bar at the Holiday Inn Hotel |
| Thursday 28 June 2012 |
| 9:00 | Room d2-006
Registration and coffee |
| 9:30 | Room: Deane Lecture Theatre
Welcome to the Conference: Gill Green, University of Bolton, UK |
| 9:45 | Keynote address: Bob Wood, University of Manchester, UK
Mixed, Multi and Muddled: Methods, Paradigms and Research Integrity |
| 10:30 | Conference splits into streams |
| | Room: d2-004
Stream A: Interpretivist Research and Ethics
Chair: Elrita Grimsley | Room: d2:014
Stream B: Mini Track on Researching the Student Experience in Higher Education
Chair: Jim Stewart | Room: d2-016
Stream C: Mini Track on Research methodologies for Project Management
Chair: Panayiotis Constanti | Room: d2-020
Stream D: Application, Reflection and Sustainability
Chair: Bronwen Betts |
| 10:45 | Interpretative Research Pardigms: Points of Difference
Wright Nevan and Erwin Losekoot, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand | ‘Why Should I Care?’ Facilitating Learning in Higher Education
Kyriacou Maria and Panayiotis Constanti, University of Nicosia, Cyprus | True Science and Project Management
Shepherd Miles, Bournemouth University, UK | Polarization in Research Methods Application: Examining the Examiner
Acheampong Edwin A, Marcia Mkansi, Reddy Kondal Kandadi and Baomin Qi, University of Bolton, UK |
| 11:15 | Quality Criteria for Interpretive Research in Information Systems: A Reflection on Klein and Myers’ Set of Principles
Cardoso Ana and Isabel Ramos, University of Minho, Portugal | Student Satisfaction Formation: Linkage Between Information, Satisfaction and College Choice Satisfaction
Ismail Nurlida, Taylor's University, Faridah Hj. Hassan and Nooraini Mohamad Sheriff, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia | The Roots and Components of "Workflow" Using Visual Methodologies
Alhalalat Saleh, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | The Role of Reflection by the Professional Information Systems Practitioner in South Africa
Averweg Udo, eThekwini Municipality and University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa |
| 11:45 | Research Ethics for Sustainable Development
Stacey Anthony, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa | Evaluating Doctoral Education: A Conceptual Paper
Anderson Valerie and Sarah Gilmore, University of Portsmouth, UK | | The New Role of Marketing Research Toward Sustainability: A Value-Driven Perspective
Somdee Hongthisanvivat, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand |
| 12:15 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| | Room: d2-004
Stream A: Research Design and Evaluation
Chair: Valerie Anderson | Room: d2-014
Stream B: Mini Track on Researching the Student Experience in Higher Education
Chair: Jim Stewart | Room: d2-016
Stream C: Qualitative Methods
Chair: Udo Averweg | Room: d2-020
StreamD: PhD Colloquium
Chair: Rachel McClean |
| 13:30 | A Technical Guide to Designing and Implementing Effective Web Surveys
Baatard Greg, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia | Online Formative Assessment: Does it Add up to Better Performance in Quantitative Modules?
Fitkov-Norris Elena and Rebecca Lees, Kingston University, London, UK | Silent Voices in Organisations: Conscientization as a Reflexive Research Methodology
Armitage Andrew, Anglia Ruskin University, UK | 1330-1340
Researching Implementation of Quality Assurance Policy in Malaysian Private Higher Education
Tang Siew Fun, Taylor's University and Sufean Hussin, University of Malaya, Malaysia
1345-1355
Appreciative Leadership: Dreaming the Underland-to-Wonderland Dream for Managing a Higher Education Institution
Smit Emmie and Rita Niemann, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
1400-1410
An Insight into the Promise and Problems of Combining Life History and Grounded Theory Research
Betts Bronwyn, Anglia Ruskin University, Essex
1415-1425
Can Post Modernism Contribute to Saving the World?
Gilligan Christine, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
1430-1440
The Study of Strategy Making Process in UK Universities: An Interpretative Approach
Zerguit Lilia, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
1440-1450
Modeling Organisational Trust: Addressing Challenges of Measurement Invariance
McLeary Carvell, University of the West Indies, Jamaica and Paula Cruise, University of Cambridge, UK
1440-1530 discussion and feedback |
| 14:00 | Eating Our Own Cooking: Toward a Design Science of Research Methods
Venable John R., Curtin University, Perth, Australia and Richard Baskerville, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA | The Educational Scorecard: A More Appropriate Evaluation?
Griggs Vivienne, Leeds Metropolitan University, Michele Blackburn, Sheffield Hallam University and Joanna Smith, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK | Generating a New Interview Method
Hirose Yayoi, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kiyoshi Itao, Tokyo University of Science and Tomohiro Umbda, Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan |
| 14:30 | Issues and Challenges of Evaluating Digital Divide Projects
Logan Keri and Barbara Crump, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand | Research Philosophical Debates and Classifications: Students’ Dilemma
Mkansi Marcia, Edwin Acheampong, Baomin Qi and Reddy Kondal Kondadi, University of Bolton, UK | |
| 15:00 | Refreshments | Refreshments | Refreshments | Refreshments |
| 15:15 | Deane Lecture Theatre
Keynote address: Tony Hirst, Open University, UK |
| | Room: d2-004
Stream A: Research Methods in Practice
Chair: Leslie Dinauer | Room: d2-014
Stream B: Mini Track on Researching the Student Experience in Higher Education
Chair: Jim Stewart | Room: d2-016
Stream C: Quantitative Methods
Chair: Aileen Cater-Steel | |
| 16:00 | A Model Development Strategy to Determine Factors that Influence Knowledge Retention in Organisations
Martins Ellen Caroline, Organisational Diagnostics and Nico Martins, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa | Students’ Entrepreneurial Transition in Enterprise Education: A UK/China Comparison
Shi Jiwei Jenny, University of Central Lancashire, Naomi Woodier-Harris, University of Derby and Quan Jin, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, UK | Constructing Homogeneous Likert-Type Summative Rating Scales According to Classical Measurement Theory
Viljoen Marianne, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa | |
| 16:30 | A Methodological Approach to Investigating the Transferral of Human Resource Management Practice from a Multinational to the Host Country
Rowlands Kate, University of Salford, UK | Researching Resilience as a Psychological Resource Capacity: A Possible Predictor of Students' Academic Experience at a South African University
Niemann Rita and Tina Kotze, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa | Application of Cluster Analysis and Discriminant Analysis in Market Segmentation and Prediction
Yeung Ruth, Institute for Tourism Studies and Wallace Yee, University of Macau, China | |
| 17:00 | Appreciative Inquiry as an Alternative Method to Assess Service Quality in a Special Library
Grimsley Elrita, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa | Measuring the Students’ Satisfaction with the Romanian Higher Education Environment: The Case of Blended Learning System at the University of Oradea
Giurgiu Adriana, Carmen-Alina Popa and Adrian Negrea, University of Oradea, Romania | Parameter Estimation Using Asymptotic Analogy
Stacey Anthony, University of the Witwatersrand Business School, South Africa | |
| 17:30 | Close of conference day | Close of conference day | Close of conference day | Close of conference day |
| 19:00 | Conference dinner at Bolton Town Hall |
| Friday 29 June |
| 9:00 | Room: d2-006
Refreshments available |
| 9:20 | Room: Deane Lecture Theatre
Opening Messages |
| 9:30 | Keynote address: Peter Kawalak, University of Manchester, UK
The Struggle to be Engaged and Relevant |
| 10:20 | Presentation to introduce ECRM 2013: Isabel Ramos, University of Minho, Portugal |
| 10:30 | Refreshments | Refreshments | Refreshments | Refreshments |
| | Poster contributors will stand by their posters for others to come and discuss the research |
| | Room: d2-004
Stream A: Mini Track on Ethnographic Research Methods
Chair: Ann Brown | Room: d2:014
Stream B: Mini Track on mixed Methods
Chair: Jonathan Lord | Room: d2-016
Stream C: Grounded Theory
Chair: Deborah Anderson | Room: d2-020
Stream D: Mini Track on Teaching Research Methods and Methodologies
Chair: Marie Ashwin and Angela Benson |
| 11:00 | Ethnographic Research Methods in Business and Information Systems Research
Brown Ann and Jessica Iacono, Cass Business School, London, UK | Are Employment Tribunals a Barrier to Justice? A Mixed Methods Approach
Lord Jonathan, University of Salford, UK | Validation of Grounded Theory Based Data by Means of Analytical Mapping Techniques
Bergaus Martin, Bernd O. Stottok and Andrea Gorra, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK | Students so Close, yet so far Away: A Case Study and Best Practices for Teaching Research Methods Online
Dinauer Leslie, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, USA |
| 11:30 | Substantiate the Reflexivity: The Insider-Outsider Role of an Ethnographic Researcher
Cui Ke, Durham University, UK | Establishing and Maintaining Focus in your Research: Promoting the use and Effective Implementation of Focus Group Methodology in a ‘Real-Life’ Research Study
Lamb David, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia | ‘Thing’ Qualities: Grounded Theory Method, Discourse Analysis and Semiotics Approaches
Lopes Arminda, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal | The Drivers Behind the Establishment of a Dissertation Supervision Process in the French Grande Ecole System.
Ashwin Marie, Ecole de Management de Normandie, France and Alan Hirst, London Southbank University, UK |
| 12:00 | Cross-Cultural Marketing Research: Neuromarketing and In-Depth Interview
Ozdemir Maia, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic | The Question of Mixed Methods Suitability to RBV Research: A Literature Review
Mkansi Marcia, Baomin Qi and Gillian Green, University of Bolton, UK | Weaving the Threads of Reflexivity: Coming to terms with Grounded Theory Research
Kanyangale MacDonald and Noel Pearse, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa | Solving Problems: A Living Theory Approach to Research Development
Myers Graham Trevor, Durban University of Technology, South Africa |
| 12:30 | Searching for a Third Way: Self Justification
Mendy John, University of Lincoln, UK | Beyond the Glass Ceiling: A Gendered and Cultural Hospitality Management Discourse on The Advancement of Women Based on Integrated Research Paradigms
Samkange Faith and Sihle Dingani, Swiss Hotel Management School, Switzerland | | Utilising Assessment Tasks to Support the Research of MBA Students
Pearse Noel, Rhodes Business School, Grahamstown, South Africa |
| 13:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| | Room: d2-004
Stream A: Psychometric studies, Meta-Science and using Technology
Chair: Vivienne Griggs | Room: d2-014
Stream B: Mini Track on mixed Methods
Chair: Jonathan Lord | Room: d2-016
Stream C: Professional Doctorate Collquium
Chair: Ann Brown | Room: d2-020
Stream D: Mini Track on Teaching Research Methods and Methodologies
Chair: Marie Ashwin and Angela Benson |
| 14:00 | Systematic Review of Empirical and Psychometric Studies on Organizational Commitment conducted in Turkey
Dolma Serkan, Ozlu Azakl, Yagzhan Yazar and Talha Demirbas, Istanbul University, Turkey | Alleviating Design Silence in Design Science Research: A Proposal of a Design Method
Gacenga Francis, Aileen Cater-Steel, Mark Toleman and Wui-Gee Tan, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia | Promoting Innovation in Data Poor Public and Private Business Areas through Systems Analysis
Ren Chiang, Gillian Green and Robert Wood, University of Bolton, UK (PhD) | Towards an Outcome-Based Approach to Literature Review for Business and Management Research Students
Wotela Kambidima, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa (Round table) |
| 14:30 | A Journey into Analysis in the Development of a World of Meta-Science
Myers Graham Trevor and Verna Yearwood, Durban University of Technology, South Africa | Towards Bridging The Quantitative-Qualitative Divide In Business And Management Research
Marais Hendrik, University of Pretoria, South Africa | The Doctoral Level Practitioner: The Development of New Knowledge Through an 'all-channels open project' for the Teaching of Bio-Sciences in national and International Nurse Education
Campbell John Lorrimer, University of Cumbria, Robert Campbell and Gill Green, University of Bolton, UK (PhD) | Faculty Attitudes Towards Research Supervision and Postgraduate Students’ Programme Completion at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Oladejo Maruff Akinwale and Emmanuel Olufemi Adeniyi, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Nigeria |
| 15:00 | Using Technology to Support and Monitor Independent Learners
Rich Martin, Cass Business School, London, UK | | Action Learning and the Environmental Factors in Developing Engineering Expertise
Bell Mathew, University of Bolton, UK (PhD) | |
| 15:40 | Room: Dean Lecture Theatre
A summary of issues raised during the conference.
Led by Gill Green |
| 16:00 | Prize-giving: Award for the best PhD paper and Best Poster Prize |
| 16:10 | Close of Conference | Close of Conference | Close of Conference | Close of Conference |
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| | To be presented during the refreshment break on Friday from 1030-1100 | |
| | Work-in-Progress with Posters | Poster with abstract |
| | Enhancing Students Academic Skills: The Case of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies.
Purcarea Irina, The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania | Community Participants Wellbeing
George Karen, Petia Sice, Robert Young, Saftwat Mansi and Jeremy Ellman, Northumbria University at Newcastle, UK | Embedding Research Data Management Behavioural Change Through a Policy, Systems and Human Support Infrastructure
Wood Lindsay, Niall O'Loughlin and Janet Wheeler, Newcastle University, UK | |
| | Focus Groups as Evaluation: Exploring Issues Connected with “Insider” Research
Anderson Deborah, Kingston University, UK | | | |
| | Wireless access information
User name:aa34tmp
password: bolton123 |
