TY - CHAP

T1 - Field guide to Researching Employee Relations

T2 - Using Multi and Mixed Methods Research Designs

AU - Saunders, Mark NK

AU - Darabi, Fariba

PY - 2024/11/20

Y1 - 2024/11/20

N2 - This chapter outlines the nature of multi- and mixed methods designs demystifying the array of names used to describe such designs and considering their philosophical underpinnings. Following a brief consideration of the prevalence of multi-method and mixed methods in employee relations research, deductive and inductive approaches are discussed. Examples of published employee relations research are used to illustrate multi-method qualitative and quantitative, concurrent triangulation and concurrent embedded mixed methods, as well as sequential exploratory and sequential explanatory mixed methods designs. These, along with a detailed vignette highlight their potential for enabling new insights, revealing how such mixed methods designs have been operationalisation. The potential benefits, challenges and pitfalls of using mixed methods, including the need for methodological fit, are then considered. The chapter concludes with a summary of different ways of combining methods, discussion emphasising key issues, alongside implications for employee relations researchers.

AB - This chapter outlines the nature of multi- and mixed methods designs demystifying the array of names used to describe such designs and considering their philosophical underpinnings. Following a brief consideration of the prevalence of multi-method and mixed methods in employee relations research, deductive and inductive approaches are discussed. Examples of published employee relations research are used to illustrate multi-method qualitative and quantitative, concurrent triangulation and concurrent embedded mixed methods, as well as sequential exploratory and sequential explanatory mixed methods designs. These, along with a detailed vignette highlight their potential for enabling new insights, revealing how such mixed methods designs have been operationalisation. The potential benefits, challenges and pitfalls of using mixed methods, including the need for methodological fit, are then considered. The chapter concludes with a summary of different ways of combining methods, discussion emphasising key issues, alongside implications for employee relations researchers.

KW - Multi and Mixed methods research designs

KW - Industrial relations

KW - Business and Management

UR - https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035313891

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9781035313884

T3 - Elgar Field Guides

SP - 71

EP - 87

BT - Field guide to researching employee relations

A2 - Parker, Jane

A2 - Donnelly, Noelle

A2 - Ressia, Sue

A2 - Gavin, Mihajla

PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

ER -