Hi I am a student and therefore I don't have much experience in qualitative research that Is why I am reaching out to you, I need some advices !!
So basically, I am working on a research proposal, the aim would be to understand how managers generate team effectiveness through online communication/ remote working ? However, there's a debate saying that online communication will never be as efficient as face to face communication. However, a manager's skills should be to be able to build trust, collaboration .. among his team. Therefore, to understand this phenomenon I am planning on interviewing both managers and team members. To do so I wanted to use an IPA for individual interviews with managers as I want to understand the lived experience and my project is really centred on the way managers act. However, I also wanted to understand team members perceptions of a manager online communication and therefore undertaking focus groups to generate discussions. However I don't think IPA is the best method to analyse a focus group and therefore I wanted to doit with a grounded theory.
Therefore my question is am I allowed to do so or should I stick to only IPA or Grounded theory throughout the whole research?
In general, Grounded Theory is more complex than IPA because it requires merging the data collection and analysis phases of your research. Instead, Thematic Analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) is usually simpler that either GT or IPA.
In this case you, could see whether you find different themes in both set of interviews, or possibly the same themes with different emphases or interpretations.
Hi! Your strategy/design will really depend on the main objective of your study. If your objective is to describe the lived experiences, then phenomenology will be the approach. On the other hand, if your objective is to build the concept of how managers' approaches become effective, then grounded theory will be the better inductive approach. FGDs and interviews can be used for tools on EITHER design, but the way to analyze these will really be up to you. Thematic analysis is one of the methods you can employ to analyze qualitative data. You may also use software such NVivo or MAXQDA, which will allow you to assign codes and categories based on responses and subsequently relate these responses.
Hi, Personally, I love grounded theory as the most scientific qualitative method. If you aims to deepen understanding correlations and try to articulate the theoretical pattern, grounded theory is a good approach. But I don't think grounded theory and IPA are contradict. Maybe you can adopt the methodological advantages to assist your research if possible.
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