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2024-03-29T10:46:27ZProcedural methodology for a grounded meta-analysis of qualitative case studies
http://hdl.handle.net/10106/11698
Procedural methodology for a grounded meta-analysis of qualitative case studies
Stall-Meadows, Celia; Hyle, Adrienne E.
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: University researchers conduct large numbers of case studies in the field of consumer studies each year and many are published in the research journals. Although illuminative and rich in description, qualitative data collected in case studies are singular and often lack generalizability. There is a need for comprehensive studies that subsume individual case studies related to consumer sciences in nutrition, apparel and clothing, consumer consumption, housing, and family studies.
The purpose of this paper is to present a step-by-step methodological procedure for a qualitative meta-analysis, using components of Straus and Corbin’s (1990) grounded theory data coding technique. This research provides a systematic and rigorous research technique procedure for deriving hypothetical statements from multiple case studies in the consumer studies discipline as well as other academic disciplines. This method offers a way to overcome the limitation of individual, data-burdensome case studies bounded by context. It extracts conceptual trends across individual case study and eliminates these contextual boundaries. It fills a void in research techniques, by combining existing qualitative case study methods, grounded theory coding techniques, and meta-analysis to create generalizable hypotheses, grounded in the data. This methodology can provide testable hypotheses which contribute to the larger picture of an overall theory in the consumer studies or another academic field.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZWhat counts as knowledge in the small school district: Superintendent's thoughts about decision-making
http://hdl.handle.net/10106/11697
What counts as knowledge in the small school district: Superintendent's thoughts about decision-making
Hyle, Adrienne E.; McClellan, Rhonda L.; Ivory, Gary
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Based upon the words of small school-district superintendents, this article explores how
superintendents might lead in these complex contexts. In national focus groups, thirty-five participants
described their decision-making processes as resting upon “doing what’s best for students,”
acknowledging the unique challenges of small school district leadership, and negotiating priorities that
are in constant flux. The article offers that being reflective may be the best way to lead in such
complexity. Additionally, it provides eight means to honing reflection: time to pause, continuous
development, small practical steps for leading, and self-regulation being a few.
2010-01-01T00:00:00ZFaculty tiering and academic inbreeding: one institution's relationships and realities
http://hdl.handle.net/10106/11675
Faculty tiering and academic inbreeding: one institution's relationships and realities
Hyle, Adrienne E.; Blanke, Debra J.
"Like inbreeding, if the proliferation of faculty tiering is problematic for academe, this institution is promoting faculty tiering, but at a lower rate than national trends. But, inbreeding and faculty tiering appear to be related, with more inbred faculty in lower tiered positions."
2000-01-01T00:00:00ZNo rookies on rookies: compliance and opportunism in policy implementation
http://hdl.handle.net/10106/11357
No rookies on rookies: compliance and opportunism in policy implementation
Hyle, Adrienne E.; Mills, Michael R.
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: This case study analyzes implementation of an institutional policy restricting the use of graduate teaching assistants in freshmen-level instruction. Findings suggest units viewed implementation as a hierarchically determined compliance task or were able to make implementation an opportunity for creative problem definition and solving akin to the organized anarchy model.
2001-01-01T00:00:00Z