Organizing time: Internationalization narratives of executive managers

An Investigation of Anticipated Benefits of Cloud Computing Adoption in Australian Regional Municipal Governments

“…The next step of the analysis was to develop data display, which organised assembly of information to permit the researcher to draw conclusions and taken actions (Miles & Huberman 1984). Once manual coding was completed, the data was then reanalysed using Leximancer to improve the reliability of the findings (Middleton et al 2011;Smith & Humphreys 2006).…”

“…A 'concept map' displays the main concepts in the text data, depicting the relationships through visual summaries of concepts and their co-occurrences -similar to a mind map (Cummings & Daellenbach 2009). Combined use of both manual and software analytical approaches provided a robust basis for clearly delineating concepts, themes and aggregate dimensions (Middleton et al 2011;Smith & Humphreys 2006).…”

“…As stated in the methodology, the interview data was reanalysed using Leximancer to enhance the reliability of the findings from the manual content analysis (Middleton et al 2011;Smith & Humphreys 2006). The first step it focused on the wide range of business-related words used by the respondents and identified from the exploratory Leximancer analysis.…”

The Internationalization Process Model Revisited: An Agenda for Future Research

“…7. How can we capture the interpreted and subjective nature of processes and temporality (see Middleton et al 2011)? However, in order to pursue the full potential of a process agenda, Langley et al (2013) emphasize the need to go beyond the bounds of traditional research, which is variance rather than process based. This requires shifting from questions about covariational relationships to questions about how and why sequences and events occur the way they do; from linear to complex causality that incorporates feedback loops, interdependence and causal configurations; from temporality being assumed away to temporality being part of the explanation.…”

“…However, before making this tradeoff (or, as a reviewer, rushing to advise such a tradeoff be made) it is worth recalling that, as Langley et al (2013, p. 7) emphasize: 'the sample size for a process study is not the number of cases, but the number of temporal observations'. Undertaking a process study therefore requires us to reevaluate some of our established practices and assumptions regarding qualitative research design, as well as turning to methods that have been under-utilized, such as narrative analysis (e.g., Middleton et al 2011).…”