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In this work the distinguished physical chemist and philosopher, Michael Polanyi, demonstrates that the scientist's personal participation in his knowledge, in both its discovery and its validation, is an indispensable p...

Materias / palabras clave: Sociology; Epistemology; Psychology; Philosophy

Abstract Justice is one of the oldest and most central themes of philosophy, but sometimes we would do well to focus instead on injustice. In epistemology, the very idea that there is a first-order ethical dimension to o...

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Materias / palabras clave: Grounded theory; Qualitative research; Computer science; Management science; Psychology; Epistemology; Sociology; Engineering; Philosophy; Social science

The basic opposition between the tastes of luxury and the tastes of necessity is specified in as many oppositions as there are different ways of asserting one's distinction vis-a-vis the working class and its primary nee...

Materias / palabras clave: Grounded theory; Cross-cultural psychology; Qualitative research; Epistemology; Sociology; Psychology; Social psychology; Management science; Social science; Philosophy; Economics

Not then, men and their moments. Rather, moment and their men, writes Erving Goffman in the introduction to his groundbreaking 1967 Interaction Ritual , a study of face-to-face interaction in natural settings, that class...

Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is an increasingly popular approach to qualitative inquiry. This handy text covers its theoretical foundations and provides a detailed guide to conducting IPA research. Exte...

Developing a universal quality standard for thematic analysis (TA) is complicated by the existence of numerous iterations of TA that differ paradigmatically, philosophically and procedurally. This plurality in TA is ofte...

Baron and Kenny’s procedure for determining if an independent variable affects a dependent variable through some mediator is so well known that it is used by authors and requested by reviewers almost reflexively. Many ...

Materias / palabras clave: Mediation; Simple (philosophy); Econometrics; Computer science; Psychology; Statistics; Mathematics; Sociology; Epistemology; Social science; Philosophy

This article addresses the centrality of the self-efficacy mechanism in human agency. Self-per- cepts of efficacy influence thought patterns, actions, and emotional arousal. In causal tests the higher the level of induce...

Materias / palabras clave: Action (physics); Epistemology; Sociology; Cognitive science; Psychology; Philosophy; Physics; Quantum mechanics

Materias / palabras clave: Sociology; Social theory; Epistemology; Social learning; Social learning theory; Social science; Psychology; Social psychology; Philosophy; Pedagogy

Introduction An Intensive Study of Case Study Research Methods The Unique Case Research Questions The Nature of Qualitative Research Data Gathering Analysis and Interpretation Case Researcher Roles Triangulation Writing ...

Materias / palabras clave: Grounded theory; Qualitative research; Epistemology; Sociology; Psychology; Social science; Philosophy

This new edition is unlike any of its predecessors. Michael Fullan first provides a critical account of the last 60 years of educational change across the world with a focus on the United States. He then presents a radic...

hen an individual enters the presence of oth ers, they commonly seek to acquire information about him or to bring into play information about him already possessed. They will be interested in his general socio-economic s...

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Behavioral scientists routinely publish broad claims about human psychology and behavior in the world's top journals based on samples drawn entirely from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) so...

Evidence from past research and insights from an exploratory investigation are combined in a conceptual model that defines and relates price, perceived quality, and perceived value. Propositions about the concepts and th...

Materias / palabras clave: Content analysis; Dependability; Credibility; Qualitative research; Meaning (existential); Interpretation (philosophy); Pragmatics; Computer science; Psychology; Epistemology; Linguistics; Sociology

This paper argues for the recognition of important experiential aspects of consumption. Specifically, a general framework is constructed to represent typical consumer behavior variables. Based on this paradigm, the preva...