TY - JOUR
T1 - Applying a longitudinal interpretive multi-case research method to study the employee impact of operations management systems in a micro firm setting
AU - Kelliher, Felicity
AU - McAdam, R
N1 - Compliant in UIR; evidence uploaded to 'Other files' and UIR dates added to PURE portal link
PY - 2019/1/28
Y1 - 2019/1/28
N2 - While many operations management journals are now publishing interpretive studies, there is still a need for more material on how to carry out such work under the interpretive gestalt. By offering a research account of a longitudinal interpretive multi-case study, this paper seeks to contribute to the literary gap in ‘how to do it [interpretive research]’. The purpose of this paper is to document a longitudinal operations management study in three micro-firms, where the catalyst for this study is the implementation of an electronic operations management system in each case. The paper chronicles the authors’ experience in a four-year multi-case study, and as such provides insight into design, development and execution of longitudinal interpretive operations management research, and the building of a theoretical model. While blueprints are not the purpose of such reflections, they can provide insight and advice to researchers, which is the underlying goal of this paper.
AB - While many operations management journals are now publishing interpretive studies, there is still a need for more material on how to carry out such work under the interpretive gestalt. By offering a research account of a longitudinal interpretive multi-case study, this paper seeks to contribute to the literary gap in ‘how to do it [interpretive research]’. The purpose of this paper is to document a longitudinal operations management study in three micro-firms, where the catalyst for this study is the implementation of an electronic operations management system in each case. The paper chronicles the authors’ experience in a four-year multi-case study, and as such provides insight into design, development and execution of longitudinal interpretive operations management research, and the building of a theoretical model. While blueprints are not the purpose of such reflections, they can provide insight and advice to researchers, which is the underlying goal of this paper.
KW - micro-firm operations management
KW - longitudinal interpretive multi-case study
KW - multi-case research
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2018.1535134
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2018.1535134
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 1321
EP - 1331
JO - Production Planning and Control
JF - Production Planning and Control
SN - 0953-7287
IS - 16
ER -