Contribution to mixed method research
The contributions of this paper to mixed method are of different sorts -
a theory building process, utilization of grounded theory in mixed
method technique, a data gathering interaction, and data investigation
process. This paper has underlined the significance of mixed method
research in construction management research and broadened the mixed
method-based research design choices that could be utilized by mixed
method users.
Conclusion
This paper has introduced an elective viewpoint on how construction
management researchers may plan their research projects later on. The
paper proposed confirmatory sequential research design as the system of
theory building and testing in construction management research
utilizing GT and mixed methods. The system empowers a methodical
advancement of theory from the data through inductive and insightful
reasoning and perception of phenomena in their natural setting. The
system gives a powerful strategy for concentrating on complex
specialized frameworks and working on reality to model its processes and
phenomena. Through this system, construction management researchers will
actually want to make a significant contribution to knowledge and
effectively recognize the theoretical and practical implications of
their research works.
The critical strength of confirmatory sequential research design is its
provision of systematic mixing of the findings of qualitative and
quantitative analysis through theory formulation. Unlike, exploratory
sequential research design where qualitative and quantitative findings
are mixed at the interpretation phase, confirmatory sequential research
design blends the discoveries successively from theory building to
theory testing and confirmation. Additionally, in confirmatory
sequential research design, the degree of priority of qualitative and
quantitative methods is not an issue.
Construction management studies will find confirmatory sequential
research design valuable in their works, as it outlines the practical
strides to be taken for theory building and testing. Through this
research design, distinct theories will rise out of construction
management studies and the construction management field will have its
exceptional theories that address the eccentricities and nature of the
construction sector. Albeit this paper didn’t show the utilization of
confirmatory sequential research design, studies that have applied its
fundamental parts like GT and mixed methods have been discussed. What is
presently required is its inescapable use in construction management
studies.