Case Study: A Strategic Research Methodology | Science Publications

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Khairul B.M. Noor¹ 

关键词: Case study;    research methodology;    qualitative research;    triangulation;   

DOI  :  10.3844/ajassp.2008.1602.1604

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

来源: Science Publications

【 摘 要 】

This research reviews the literature on case study as a strategic qualitative research methodology.Although case studies have been criticised by some authors as lacking scientific rigour and do not address generalizability, this research, however, reiterated its appropriateness when dealing with a process or a complex real-life activities in great-depth. Case study has been commonly used in social science fields like sociology, industrial relations and anthropology eventhough generally was consideredan underutilized strategy.Hence, this research explained the general concept ofa case study, strengths and weaknesses of using this method knowing that theoretically case is exciting and data rich.Based on a study of four organizations and the researcher

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