The thesis completed as part of the Doctorate in Business Administration, called the DBA, requires the candidate to choose from a wide range of research methods and tools so this project can become reality. Determining, choosing, implementing and contextualizing research methods and tools are all crucial steps for the success of the research work undertaken as part of the DBA thesis.

The 30 chapters of this book have been prepared to the attention of DBA candidates, to orient and guide them in choosing research methods and tools. The first part raises the question of the choice of research methods; the second one deals with data collection methods; the third part focuses on data analysis methods; and the fourth surveys the contextualization of methods. Written so as to ensure contents are accessible and to foster learning, the chapters provide the foundations and resources to guide methodological choices.

This book is the English augmented edition of the French edition published as part of the Business Science Institute collection. The aim is to produce reference books to guide the academic work of doctoral candidates in the scientific training curriculum of the DBA. The first collective book published in 2015, The Creation of Knowledge by Managers (available in French), aimed to establish the main guidelines for this new role assumed by managers in management practice: that of new knowledge producers. Also part of the collection, the book How to Successfully Complete Your DBA?, aims to guide the research elaboration and execution of the DBA thesis.

Research Methods for the DBA

The thesis completed as part of the Doctorate in Business Administration, called the DBA, requires the candidate to choose from a wide range of research methods and tools so this project can become reality. Determining, choosing, implementing and contextualizing research methods and tools are all crucial steps for the success of the research work undertaken as part of the DBA thesis.
The 30 chapters of this book have been prepared to the attention of DBA candidates, to orient and guide them in choosing research methods and tools. The first part raises the question of the choice of research methods; the second one deals with data collection methods; the third part focuses on data analysis methods; and the fourth surveys the contextualization of methods. Written so as to ensure contents are accessible and to foster learning, the chapters provide the foundations and resources to guide methodological choices.
This book is the English augmented edition of the French edition published as part of the Business Science Institute collection. The aim is to produce reference books to guide the academic work of doctoral candidates in the scientific training curriculum of the DBA. The first collective book published in 2015, The Creation of Knowledge by Managers (available in French), aimed to establish the main guidelines for this new role assumed by managers in management practice: that of new knowledge producers. Also part of the collection, the book How to Successfully Complete Your DBA?, aims to guide the research elaboration and execution of the DBA thesis.

Research methods for the DBA

Cet ouvrage s'adresse aux étudiants de DBA. L'objectif est de leur fournir une palette de méthodes et d'outils qu'ils vont s'approprier et mettre en oeuvre sur les terrains qui leur sont familiers. Le périmètre de méthodes et d'outils proposés dans l'ouvrage est à la fois volontairement restreint et divers. La première partie de l'ouvrage pose la question du choix des méthodes de recherche, la deuxième s'intéresse aux méthodes de recueil des données, la troisième aux méthodes d'analyse des données, et la quatrième partie porte sur la contextualisation des méthodes.

Les méthodes de recherche du DBA

La recherche qualitative - Témoignages dans les sciences de gestion

Qualitative Research - Voices in Management Sciences

Nous verrons comment Wanda Orlikowski, au lieu de se focaliser sur ces frontières, a réussi à mettre en évidence l'importance des TIC (Orlikowski et Iacono, 2001) et à les mettre au goût du jour dans la recherche en sciences de gestion. Elle est surtout parvenue à les intégrer dans une réflexion théorique profonde sur les changements organisationnels contemporains qui a largement dépassé la discipline des SI. La qualité de ses travaux a beaucoup contribué à légitimer un agenda de recherche interprétiviste et constructiviste (Walsham, 1995 ; Myers, 1997 ; Willcocks et Mingers, 2004), recherche qui a longtemps été considérée comme le parent pauvre en SI surtout aux États-Unis. Son développement intellectuel, inspiré de ses rencontres et explorations inter-disciplinaires, s'est déployé en s'inspirant non seulement des théories de l'organisation, mais aussi des disciplines de référence en sciences sociales et en sociologie des techniques. Elle a de ce fait permis à la discipline des SI de s'enrichir théoriquement et à ses chercheurs d'étendre leur influence dans l'étude des organisations (par exemple Leonardi et al., 2012 ; Carlile et al., 2013 ; De Vaujany et al., 2014 ; Mitev et al., 2017).

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