Dissertation ChapterMethodology chapter: remote work and team trust in UK tech SMEs
A dissertation methodology chapter that justifies every design choice against the research question, from philosophy through to ethics and analysis.
- Paper type
- Dissertation Chapter
- Subject
- Management
- Level
- Master's
- Length
- 3,500 words
- Pages
- 13 pages
- Referencing
- Harvard
The brief
Write the methodology chapter for an MSc dissertation. Justify your research philosophy, approach, design, sampling, data collection and analysis, and address ethics and limitations. 3,500 words, Harvard referencing.
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- Each choice justified against the research question, not just described
- Sample size argued through saturation and homogeneity
- Analysis procedure explained step by step
- Ethics and limitations handled specifically rather than generically
Contents
- 01Introduction and research questionsIn preview
- 02Research philosophy: interpretivismIn preview
- 03Approach and design
- 04Sampling and recruitment
- 05Data collection: semi-structured interviews
- 06Data analysis: reflexive thematic analysis
- 07Ethical considerations
- 08Limitations
Preview
Methodology chapter: remote work and team trust in UK tech SMEs
3.1 Introduction
This chapter sets out and justifies the methodology used to investigate how trust is built and maintained in fully remote teams within UK technology SMEs. The study addresses two research questions: how do team members in remote SMEs describe the development of trust with colleagues they rarely or never meet in person, and what practices do they associate with trust being strengthened or damaged?
Both questions ask how people experience and make sense of trust, rather than how much of it exists. That emphasis on meaning shapes each of the decisions that follow, from the choice of an interpretivist philosophy to the use of semi-structured interviews and reflexive thematic analysis.
3.2 Research philosophy
Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill (2019) describe research philosophy as the system of beliefs and assumptions about the development of knowledge that underpins a study. This research adopts an interpretivist philosophy, which holds that social reality is constructed through the meanings people attach to their experiences. Trust suits this position well: while it can be measured on a scale, the research questions concern how it is understood and enacted, which a measurement cannot capture.
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Request the full sampleReferences (extract, Harvard)
- Braun, V. and Clarke, V. (2006) 'Using thematic analysis in psychology', Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), pp. 77–101.
- Mayer, R.C., Davis, J.H. and Schoorman, F.D. (1995) 'An integrative model of organizational trust', Academy of Management Review, 20(3), pp. 709–734.
- Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A. (2019) Research methods for business students. 8th edn. Harlow: Pearson.
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