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Theories, Concepts and Variables
Theories, Concepts and Variables
Think about:
1 – your discipline
2 – the field
3 – the theory, e.g.
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Conceptual Framework
Basic steps:
Identify and label the variables correctly
State the relationships among the variables:
formulate hypotheses
Explain how or why you expect these
relationships with citation ( use your articles to
discuss why and how your variables relate each
other).
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Example
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Moderators
Moderating variable
Moderator is qualitative
(e.g., gender, race, class) Entrepreneurial Firm performance
or quantitative (e.g., orientation
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Mediating Variable
Mediating variable
surfaces between the time the independent variables
start operating to influence the dependent variable and
the time their impact is felt on it.
Entrepreneurial Firm
orientation Performance Shareholders
satisfaction
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Hypothesis
A proposition that is empirically testable. It is an
empirical statement concerned with the relationship
among variables.
Good hypothesis:
Must be adequate for its purpose
Must be testable
Must be better than its rivals
Customer
Service quality
switching
Switching cost
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Exercise
Give the hypotheses, objectives and RQ for the following framework:
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Argumentation
The expected relationships / hypotheses are an
integration of:
Explanatory research
Common sense and logical reasoning
Backed with existing theory
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