Multisite Qualitative Policy Research: Optimizing Description and Generalizability

Lessening the difference is more – the relationship between diversity management and the perceived organizational climate for gay men and lesbians

“…Because of the small number of German companies that have implemented a comprehensive diversity management on sexual orientation that exceeds single practices, the multiple case study approach (Herriott and Firestone 1983;Yin 2009) was chosen to test the first hypothesis. This approach can be categorized as self-declarative because of the lack of a commonly shared consensus as to how exactly to specify the parameters of "sexual orientation" diversity management, and what specific practices it should contain.…”

Tricky business: The nature of integrity violations in Dutch casinos

“…Glaser & Strauss, 1967;Höffling, 2002). More specifically, a multiple case-study design was used, which focuses on understanding the dynamics present within single settings (Eisenhardt, 1989;Herriott & Firestone, 1983;Yin, 1989) in order to generate theory in the shape of propositions (Gersick, 1988;Harris & Sutton, 1986). This method is fitting when not much is known about the phenomenon that is being researched, or when the phenomenon is so complex that neither the variables nor the exact relationship between the variables is fully definable (van Hoesel, 1985), as is the situation here.…”

Asian Social Science, Vo. 5, No. 9, September, 2009. All in one PDF file.

“…Analysing the results from three case subjects rather than one provided more data to interrogate and lead the researcher to explore smaller issues pertinent to the main question (Yin, 1994). Where appropriate and possible in the social sciences, the findings from several cases can be more compelling than the findings from only one case (Herriot & Firestone, 1993;Yin, 1994).…”