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.