Research Paradigm Considerations for Emerging Scholars

160 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h00min.
Gives insights into research paradigms in easy to understand language without any pretence or academic mysticismThis book provides insights into the lived experiences of researchers as they negotiate the undulating terrain of the world of paradigms and seek to find their niche. Each chapter presents the journeys of postgraduate candidates, early career researchers and established scholars, starting with an overview of their paradigm, the application of the paradigm to their specific research context, and concluding with the authors reflecting on their identification with and use of the paradigm. The volume acknowledges that determining the paradigm that best aligns with a scholar’s personal ideologies and the underlying assumptions of the research can be rather daunting, challenging and perplexing to scholars who are starting their research journey. It offers an accessible exploration of research paradigms and will be a valuable resource for postgraduate researchers, emerging scholars and PhD supervisors.Figures and Tables Contributors Chapter 1. Anja Pabel, Josephine Pryce and Allison Anderson: Embarking on the Paradigm Journey Chapter 2. Antje R.H. Graul: Logical Positivism in Consumer Behaviour Research Chapter 3. Leonie Cassidy: The Design Science Research Paradigm: An Instantiation of Website Benchmarking Chapter 4. Anja Pabel: An Application of Quasi-Experiments to Study Humour in Tourism Settings Guided by Post-Positivism Chapter 5. Tramy Ngo, Gui Lohmann and Rob Hales: Knowledge Co-Production in Tourism and the Process of Knowledge Development: Participatory Action Research Chapter 6. Justyna Pilarska: Constructivist Paradigm and Phenomenological Qualitative Research Design Chapter 7. Yohei Okamoto: Applying the Interpretive Social Science Paradigm to Research on Tourism Education and Training Chapter 8. Josephine Pryce: An Autoethnographic Chronicle on the Ethnographic Exploration of the Nature of Hotel Work and Hospitality in Far North Queensland Chapter 9. Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta: Neo-Tribalism through an Ethnographic Lens: A Critical Theory Approach Chapter 10. Linda Colley and Sue Williamson: Navigating the Complex Variety of Feminisms Chapter 11. Ambrozio Queiroz Neto, Gui Lohmann, Noel Scott and Kay Dimmock: The Pragmatic Paradigm in Destination Competitiveness Studies: The Case of the SCUBA Diving Tourism Niche Chapter 12. Allison Anderson: Pragmatism in the Context of Urban Design and Tourism: A Multidisciplinary Study Chapter 13. Jenny H. Panchal: In Search of an Intermediate Paradigmatic Ground: Critical Realism-Post-Positivism in Understanding Tourists' Motivation and Experiences in Asian Spas Chapter 14. Philip L. Pearce: Paradigms: A Supervisor’s Perspective and Advice Chapter 15. Josephine Pryce: Into the Future: Moving Forward with Reflective Practice on Paradigms Index