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020			_a9781529629132 [paperback]
040			_aUniversity of Cebu-Banilad _cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad
100			_aAlvesson, Mats, _eauthor.
245			_aConstructing research questions: doing interesting research / _c Mats Alvesson and Jorgen Sandberg.
250			_aSecond edition.
260			_aLondon : _bSAGE Publications Ltd, _cc2024.
300			_aix, 147 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents: 1 Research questions: a core ingredient in developing interesting theories -- 2 The context of constructing and formulating research questions -- 3 Gap-spotting: the prevalent way of contructing research questions in social scuence -- 4 A critical evaluation of gap-spotting research: does it lead to interesting theories? -- 5 Problematization methodology -- 6 Applying the problematization methodology -- 7 Why does gap-spotting dominate when it reduces the chance to create interesting theories? -- 8 Constructing interesting research questions: problematization and beyond.
520			_a"All researchers want to produce interesting and influential theories. A key step in all theory development is formulating innovative research questions that will result in interesting and significant research. Traditional textbooks on research methods tend to ignore, or gloss over, actual ways of constructing research questions. In this text, Alvesson and Sandberg develop a problematization methodology for identifying and challenging the assumptions underlying existing theories and for generating research questions that can lead to more interesting and influential theories, using examples from across the social sciences. Established methods of generating research questions in the social sciences tend to focus on 'gap-spotting', which means that existing literature remains largely unchallenged. The authors show the dangers of conventional approaches, providing detailed ideas for how one can work through such problems and formulate novel research questions that challenge existing theories and produce more imaginative empirical studies. Constructing Research Questions is essential reading for any researcher looking to formulate research questions that are interesting and novel." --Provided by the publisher
521			_aAdult
541			_aPurchased _xLauron, Rodello _yGeneral Education _zEducation : English
546			_aText in English
650			_aSocial sciences _vResearch _xDesign
650			_aQuestionnaires _xDesign
700			_aSandberg, Jorgen, _eauthor.
942			_2ddc _cBK
998			_cJanna [new] _d09/11/2025
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