Methodology-Research
design and results
Report to the readers
(1) How the data were obtained; with justification for
methodological choices.
(2) how the data were analyzed and what was found.
Completeness, clarity, justification
Sample and data collection
Explain in detail not only what happened, but why you made certain decisions.
Sample? Which industry/industries? Why? Why single/multiple industries?
Which country/countries? Why?
How did you identify the sample? How many?
Data collection tool/s (survey, archival, interview, experiment, ..) and why?
Who
were the respondents? How were the participants contacted, what
kinds of encouragement for participation were used? Unit of analysis?
Time/respondent separation (common-method bias)?
Response rate? Non-response bias test?
Measurement
Dependent, independent and control variables (what and why).
Conceptual definition.
Scale/items (justification for a particular operationalization/specific
dimensions).
If adapted, report how (clarity) and explain why?
Measurement validity.
Alpha cronbach.
Measurement validity tests
Common
method bias (Harman test, marker variable, time ad
respondent separation, different scale format, reverse items, ..)
Discriminate
validity (chi-square difference test)
Results
Statistical technique/s
table for means, standard deviation, and correlations
Specify
models
Summarize
Discuss
each hypothesis before reporting the related results
the implications of the findings in the discussion section.
Discussing the implications
Discussing the implications
A chance to strengthen your studys message and its importance.
What we know now, which is different.
What
are the results?
What
do they mean?
How do they extend our understanding?
New and promising lines of inquiry.
Common errors
Only
resummarizing the results
Lack
of focus and being superficial
Overreaching
(deriving sweeping conclusions that outstrip the data)
Sweeping under the carpet
Further discussion
Practical implications
Limitations and future research
Finishes the paper with something warm and fuzzy
