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The preliminary programme for the conference is given below. This programme is subject to change and will be updated as required. A final programme will be posted shortly before the conference. You can download a pdf file of the programme here.

You can download a .pdf file of the final abstracts here.

Sunday 16 July

18:30-19:30 Pre-conference welcome and registration

Monday 17 July

9:00 Registration and coffee

10:00 Opening Meeting: Welcome from the conference chair
Frank Bannister, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

10:15

Keynote address: George Allan, University of Portsmouth, UK
The Legitimacy of Grounded Theory

11:10

Conference splits into streams

 

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Teaching Research Methods Mini Track
Chair:
Martin Rich

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Critical Research Methods Mini Track
Chair:
Carole Brooke

11:15

Qualitative Interview Techniques
Hunter Gordon, The University of Lethbridge, Canada

Research Methods, Philosophy at Undergraduate Level: The Challenge of Engagement
Knox Karl, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Critical Appreciative Processes: Adding Value Through Paradox
Grant Suzanne, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

11:45

Synchronous Online Interviews as a Data Collection Technique: Strengths and Weaknesses
Esteves Jose and Eduardo Fernandez Cantelli, Instituto de Empresa Business School, Madrid, Spain with Lieda Amaral Souza, Departamento de Administração da Receita Previdênciária, Brazil

Embedding Reflective Practice in Undergraduate Business and Management Dissertations
Rich Martin, Cass Business School, UK

The Contribution of Empirical Critical Information Systems Research
Brown Ann, Cass Business School, London, UK

12:15

Using the Focus Group Internview Method to Investigate the Bringing of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Rural Women in Southern Africa as a way to Bridging the Digital Divide and Gender In-equalities
Khumalo Reinford, Graduate School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa and Rosemary Sibanda, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), South Aftrica

The Long March: A Novice Researcher's Journey of Discovery Through the Research Methodological Maze and Haze
Darroch Fiona and Mark Toleman, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia

Is Research That is Both Causally Adequate and Adequate on the Level of Meaning Possible or Necessary in Business Research? A Critical Analysis of Some Methodological Alternatives.
Coldwell David, University of KwaZulu-Natal/Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

12:45

Lunch

 

Room:
Stream A - Chair -

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Teaching Research Methods Mini Track
Chair:
Martin Rich

Room:
Critical Research Methods Mini Track
Chair:
Carole Brooke

14:00

Someone to Watch Over Me: Exploring Participant Observation as a Research Methodology
Montano Sarah, Birmingham University, UK

Using Balanced Scorecard Approach for Designing an Integrated Learning Environment for Undergraduate Dissertations
Day Jacqui and Milena Bobeva, Institute of Business and Law, Bournemouth University, UK

Second Order Discourse: Critically Informed Research
Bednar Peter and Christine Welch, University of Portsmouth, UK

14:30

Using Event Study Methodology to Assess Financial Impact of Media Announcements on Companies
Hart Mike, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Strategies for Teaching Research Ethics in Business Management and Organisational Studies
Naimi Linda, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Qualitative Research Methods in Management and Social Sciences
Mendy, John, University of Lincoln, UK

15:00

Northeastern Thai Culture Values and Marketing
Brown Rudolph, University of Wolverhampton, UK and Ian Michael, Zayed University, UAE

Can we Measure Excellence in Business Studies Education?
Hart Mike and David Rush, University of Winchester, UK

Critical Methods workshop/roundtable

15:30 Refreshments
 

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16:00 e-Collaboration and Audit Firms
Shea Vincent and Kevin Dow, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
Theory-Building in ICT Evaluation through Comparative Case Study Analysis
Remenyi Dan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Sponsorship Evaluation
O'Reilly Norman, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada and Judith Madill, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
16:30 On Readability and Accuracy: The Necessity of Interpretivism in Historical Business Research
Wooliscroft Ben, Marketing Dept. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Theory Testing in Case Studies
Sørensen Pernille Dissing, Department of Marketing and Management, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark and Ann-Kristina Løkke , Department of Marketing and Statistics, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark
The Application of Cross Product Deviation Analysis (CPDA) to Small Samples of Multivariate Data to Facilitate the use of Factor Analysis
Byrne Gabriel, Frank Bradley and Carlos Sousa, Smurfit Business School UCD, Ireland

17:00

Socratic Dialogue
Facilitated by:
Dr Dan Remenyi, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

18:30

Close of conference day

19:00

Conference dinner in the Great Hall Trinity College

 

Tuesday 18 July

 

Room:
Stream A - Chair -

Room:
Grounded Research Methods Mini Track
Chair:
David Douglas
 

Room:
Gender Research Methods Mini Track
Co-Chairs:
Sandy Macdonald and Deborah Dean

9:30

Supporting the Transition From a Book to a Fully Customisable Web Application: A Research Design Approach
Polding Robert, Miguel Nunes and Bernard Kingston, University of Sheffield, UK

Grounding the Dynamics of Management Research Supervision
Douglas David, Staffordshire University Business School, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

Composition of Teams and Computer-based Tasks: Effects of Gender
Stokes Charlene, Wright Patterson Air Force Base (AFRL/HEAL)/Wright State University Fairborn, OH, USA with Anupama Narayan and Debra Steel Johnson, Wright State University Fairborn, OH, USA

10:00

Combining Research Methods: Netnography and Depth Interviewing
Simpson Lisa, Department of Marketing, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

On the Ground with Grounded Theory: A Reflection From a Study of Dutch Firms’ Operations in Thailand as a Distinct Platform of Cross-cultural Knowledge Dynamics
Kwanjai Nantawan Noi and J Friso den Hertog, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands

Gender Differences in Perceived Person-Environment fit Among Pakistani Managers
Anwer Afsheen, University of Karachi, Pakistan

10:30

Research Method for Investigating Cross-Cultural Linkages Between Leadership and Organizational Learning
Lakhani Murtuza Ali, Intel Corporation/University of Phoenix, Roseville, AZ, USA

Combining Grounded Theory and Ethnography for Cultural Comparative Research of Global Strategic IS Management in the Multinational Investment Banks
Matsumoto Hideyuki, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

Learning From Longitudinal Research Into Women’s Experience of Business Ownership
Knowles Deborah, Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, UK

11:00

Refreshments

 

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11:30

Transforming the 'Smart Heart': Towards an Interpretive Framework for Emotional Intelligence
Ruane Sinead, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

An Inductive Triangulation Approach as a Vehicle to Investigate the Use of Knowledge Management to Support Innovation in UK Energy Sector SMEs
Bashir Irfan, Miguel Nunes and Nigel Russell, University of Sheffield, UK

In Defence of Content Analysis Methodology
Nikolychuk Lynne, Kings College London, UK and Pamela Abbott, University College Dublin, Ireland

12:00

Exploring Issues for Measuring Congruity Between Group Consensus and Personally Held Values
Adamson Ivana, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE

An Action Research Case Study – The Process of e-Commerce Adoption in an Irish SME
Kirwan Orla and Kieran Conboy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Educating Lisa, Bart and Marge Simpson: Methodology, Relativism and Hope
Van Peursem, Karen, University of Waikato, New Zealand

12:30 Narrating the Experience of Middle Management in the Implementation of Change Initiatives – A Methodological Perspective
Keating Mary and Denis Harrington, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
A Philosophical Hermeneutics Approach for Understanding Community Dialogue on Environmentatl Problems: A Case Study of Lake Taupo
Arunachalam Murugesh, The University of Waikato, New Zealand
Transfering Measurement Paradigms Between Disciplines - Rasch Modelling as an Alternative to Classical Test Theory
Ganglmair-Wooliscroft Alexandra, Department of Marketing, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Panel - Panel title, Chair and panellists to be confirmed

14:50

Conference splits into streams

 

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15:00

Obstacles to the Modelling of the Causes of Project Success and Failure
Hughes Robert, Abdul Al-Shehab and Graham Winstanley, University of Brighton, UK

Using Congent Analysis to Investigate the Growth of Dubai as a Tourism Destination
Michael Ian, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE

Using Ethnographic Research to Investigate the Development Process of a University's Information Strategy
Bentley Yongmei, University of Luton and Steve Clarke, University of Hull, UK

15:30

How PAR Helps Us Reveal the Local Delivery of a National ‘Brand’
Woodhouse Donna, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Case Selection for Comparative Case-Study Research on Networked Structures: The Example of Tourism Destinations
Ermen David, Juergen Gnoth, Phil Harris and Lisa Simpson, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand

The Development of Quality Management Tools in Business Studies Education
Rush, David, and Mike Hart, University of Winchester, UK

16:00

Close of Conference

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