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Proceedings of
The 4th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies
held at the Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris, France
21-22 April 2005

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Paper Title	Author(s)	Page
Preface		vii
Biographies of conference, programme and mini track chairs and keynote speaker		viii
Biographies of contributing authors		x
Keynote Address: Is That a Fact? Intepretivism and the Nature of Reality in Business Research	Frank Bannister Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland	1
Validating Interpretivist Research: Using a Cross-Sectional Survey to Validate Case-Study Elicitation of Knowledge Leakage Risks Associated with the Use of Virtual Reality Models	Fenio Annansingh and Miguel Baptista Nunes Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, UK	11
MABE Methodological Framework	Zoltan Baracskai¹, Jolan Velencei¹ and Viktor Dorfler²¹Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ²Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK	21
Critical Systemic Thinking – or The Standard Engineer in Paris.	Peter M. Bednar, and Christine E. Welch University of Portsmouth, UK	29
Analysing the Penetration of Knowledge Management Practices in Organisations Through a Survey of Case Studies	Parul Bhandari, Miguel Baptista Nunes and Fenio Annansingh Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, UK	37
Can Methodological Applications Develop Critical Thinking? Part 2	Deborah Blackman¹, and Angela Benson^{2 1}School of Management, University of Western Sydney, Australia ²School of Management, University of Brighton, UK	47
Managing Delphi Studies: A Decision-making Tool Kit	Milena Bobeva and Jacqueline Day The Business School, Institute of Business and Law, Bournemouth University, UK	55
Telephone Survey as Part of the Development of Database	Patricia Bowe and William O’ Gorman Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland	67
Evaluating Digital Technologies Through Semiotic Research Methods: A Study of e-Gambling in the UK	Christopher Bull and Rachel McLean Manchester Metropolitan University, UK	79
Information Systems Design-Science Research Based on Critical Realism	Sven A. Carlsson Informatics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden	87
Gender Relation at Work and its Morale Implications: An Empirical Analysis of a Seychelles Public Sector Organisation	Ronald. B. Crawford Human Resource and Organisational Development Consultancy, West Midlands, UK	97
Are Case Studies More than Sophisticated Story Telling? Some Methodological Problems Of Qualitative Research	Thomas Diefenbach The Open University, Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK	105
Returning to the ‘And’ in Grounding Entrepreneurship Research	David Douglas, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK	115
Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Addressing Gender Imbalance in Corporate Leadership	Eileen Drew and Eamonn Murtagh Department of Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland	123
Methodological Approach for Mobile Studies: Empirical Research Considerations	Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood¹, Jan Kietzmann¹ and Amarolinda Zanela Saccol^{2 1London School of Economics and Political Science. UK 2}Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos and Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil	133
Scenarios as a Method of Exploring People’s Attitudes to Diversity Management	Carley Foster Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK	141
Learning Log Analysis: Analysing Data That Record Reflection, Experience and Learning	Tim Friesner¹ and Mike Hart^{2 1}Business and Management, University College Chichester, UK ²Business Management Group, University College Winchester, UK	149
Plagiarism is a Complex Issue, but, Universities Must Articulate a Moral Vision and Live up to it!	Roz Graham and Mike Hart School of Social Sciences, University College, Winchester, UK	157
The use of Causal Mapping in the Design of Management Information Systems	Robert T. Hughes, Abdullah Al Shehab and Graham Winstanley University of Brighton, UK	169
International Multi-Researcher Qualitative Investigations	M. Gordon Hunter Information Systems, The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada	177
How Will This Technology Improve? Hypothesis Tests on the Shape of Functional Data	Gareth James and Ashish Sood University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA	185
Collecting Real-time Data With a Behavioral Simulation: A new Methodological Trait	Kristina Risom Jespersen Aarhus School of Business, Denmark	195
Online Experimental Research – Measuring Causal Effects: An Application in Online Gambling	Bill Jolley¹, Dick Mizerski² and Doina Olaru^{3 1}Norwich University, Northfield, USA ²University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia ³CSIRO / Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Australia	203
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Programs in Swaziland Using the Action Research Approach	Patricia Nomzamo Joubert University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni, Swaziland	215
Can e-Learning Meet Continuing Professional Development Needs of General Practitioners: Reflections on the use of Delphi as a Suitable Research Methodology and the Approval Processes Involved	Christine Kell and Maggie McPherson Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, UK	225
In Search of Legitimisation: Designing an Interpretive Case Study	Felicity Kelliher School of Business, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland	235
Teaching Business Research Methods to First Time Undergraduate Researchers: Experiences and Problems	Reinford Khumalo¹ and Josephine Ndaba^{2 1}University of South Africa ²University of Botswana	245
The Use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Boolean Logic in Entrepreneurship Research	Branka Krivokapic-Skoko, School of Marketing and Management, Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia	251
From a Blank Page to a Professional Publication: Getting Academic Papers Accepted by Journals	Barbara Lasky and Diana Rajendran Higher Education Division Lilydale, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia	261
Using the Internet for Marketing Research: A Review of Issues	Chia Chi Lin London Metropolitan University, UK	269
Inside Story: Learning from Researchers	Sandy MacDonald¹ Deborah Dean²and Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor^{2 1}Northampton Business School, University College Northampton, UK ²Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK	277
Inside the Tent with Half a Loaf of Bread: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Advocacy, Community Welfare, Mutual Obligation and Active Participation Employment Programmes in Australia.	Marie Macklin School of Community Health, Charles Sturt University, Australia	287
The Work of Agnes Heller as a Philosophical Justification for Non-positivist Qualitative Methods in Business Research	Rob Macklin School of Business, Charles Sturt University, Australia	295
Mixing Quantitative and Qualitative Research	Thomas E. Macnamara and Kenneth D'Silva BCIM, London South Bank University, UK	303
Grounded Theory: Rigorous and Robust? or ‘Making it up as You go Along . . .’?	Pete Mann University of Manchester, UK	313
Testing a Rigorous Execution of Grounded Theory Using Comparative Cross-cultural Case Studies of Strategic Global IS Management in Investment Banks	Hideyuki Matsumoto and David Wilson Birkbeck College, University of London, UK	323
Multi Methods, Multi Voices: Reflection on the use of Multiple Methods to Explore Multiple Perspectives in a Critical Research Project	Rachel McLean¹, and Nigel M. Blackie^{2 1Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 2}Computer Science, University of Salford, UK	337
The Application of Giddens’ Structuration Concepts in Information Systems Research: A Case Study	Saskia Meulemans London School of Economics and Political Science, UK	347
How Qualitative Methods Help Better Understand Emerging Marketing Research Issues Such as Consumer Behaviour Over the Internet	Ian Michael Zayed University, United Arab Emirates	355
Case Study Research: A Critical Realist Approach	Sarah Montano and Isabelle Szmigin Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK	363
Performance Management and Customer Satisfaction: Constructing a Conceptual Model for Enquiry	Steve Page¹ and Toni-Lorraine Prescott^{2 1}Chester Business School, University College Chester, UK ²Independent Consultant	371
Reflection and Research Methods: Enhancing Student Thinking About Methodologies and Methods	Sarah Quinton and Teresa Smallbone Business School, Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley, UK	381
Tell me a Story – A way to Knowledge	Dan Remenyi School of Systems and Data Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland	387
Underpinning Students’ Information Literacy Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning	Martin Rich and Ann Brown Cass Business School, London, UK	395
Research Methodology for Cross-cultural Management Studies: A Comparison of Questionnaire Surveys	Steven X. Si Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania USA	403
Achieving Validity and Reliability in Content Analysis of Qualitative Data – A Case-based Example	Lisa S Simpson School of Business, Otago University, New Zealand	409
Blood, Sweat and Fears: The Frustrations and Limitations of Quantitative Small Business Research	Alan Southern University of Liverpool Management School, UK	417
Women Entrepreneurs in Ireland: A Case Study	Maryann Valiulis, Eileen Drew, Anne Laure Humbert and Gwen Daverth Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland	427
Research Techniques Derived From Rough Sets Theory: Rough Classification and Rough Clustering	Kevin E. Voges Department of Management, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand	437
Critically Constituting a Research Thesis	Astrid Vollmer and Carole Brooke University of Lincoln, UK	445
From Lotteries to Management Decisions: A Framework for the Analysis and Synthesis of Decision Tasks	Philip A Wickham Teesside Business School, Middlesbrough, UK	451
Dump the Questionnaires and Make it up: The Value of Fictional “Data” in Management Research	Michael Wood Department of Strategy and Business Systems, University of Portsmouth, UK	461
The Best-fit Manager Theory: An Application of Meta-grounded Deduction Research Methodology	Maher Zakhary Riverside, California, USA	469