Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 341-370 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Management and Organization Review |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- emerging markets
- institutional theory
- interview methods
- qualitative research
- research methodology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business and International Management
- Strategy and Management
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Reflecting and Integrating the Contextual Influences of Ambiguities and Institutional Power in Organisational Research Design : A Case of Myanmar. / Win, Sandar; Kofinas , Alexander.
In: Management and Organization Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, 06.2019, p. 341-370.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Reflecting and Integrating the Contextual Influences of Ambiguities and Institutional Power in Organisational Research Design
T2 - A Case of Myanmar
AU - Win, Sandar
AU - Kofinas , Alexander
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Our understanding of how an organisation operates is elucidated by the host country's political system. Myanmar has remained abstruse to researchers for many decades, as do most emerging markets prior to their transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy such as China. We establish how the problematising and contextualisation of the methodologies adopted during longitudinal fieldwork in Myanmar (2008 to 2016) has influenced our research focus and question. By reflecting on our experience of conducting organisational research in a highly institutionalised environment, we have identified limitations in the prevalent research methodologies used by the extant literature. Such methodologies tend to be incompatible with the Asian context. This process of problematisation required us to remain flexible and adaptive during the process of the generation of the research questions. We adopted a context-informed theory-building process and reflect on the interplay between interviewer, interviewees, and local institutional contexts. An important insight from this process was the need to nullify the asymmetry of power between the interviewer and interviewees to obtain honest responses rather than superficial data that aimed to satisfy and please the interviewer/institutional context.
AB - Our understanding of how an organisation operates is elucidated by the host country's political system. Myanmar has remained abstruse to researchers for many decades, as do most emerging markets prior to their transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy such as China. We establish how the problematising and contextualisation of the methodologies adopted during longitudinal fieldwork in Myanmar (2008 to 2016) has influenced our research focus and question. By reflecting on our experience of conducting organisational research in a highly institutionalised environment, we have identified limitations in the prevalent research methodologies used by the extant literature. Such methodologies tend to be incompatible with the Asian context. This process of problematisation required us to remain flexible and adaptive during the process of the generation of the research questions. We adopted a context-informed theory-building process and reflect on the interplay between interviewer, interviewees, and local institutional contexts. An important insight from this process was the need to nullify the asymmetry of power between the interviewer and interviewees to obtain honest responses rather than superficial data that aimed to satisfy and please the interviewer/institutional context.
KW - emerging markets
KW - institutional theory
KW - interview methods
KW - qualitative research
KW - research methodology
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U2 - 10.1017/mor.2019.26
DO - 10.1017/mor.2019.26
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VL - 15
SP - 341
EP - 370
JO - Management and Organization Review
JF - Management and Organization Review
SN - 1740-8776
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