MIOP: Weekly Readings

Ethics

• Ethical Review of Interpretive Research: Problems and Solutions.
• Interpretive inquiry: A practical and moral activity

Qualitative Research

• The Elephant in the Room: The Impact of Labor Obligations on Credit Markets
• What is qualitative in qualitative research?

Case Study Research

• Qualitative case study guidelines
• How to do case study research

Mentors and Mentoring

• Introduction to mentoring: A guide for mentors and mentees
• Exploring mutual benefits of mentoring in the workplace

Developing a research project and researchable question

• Developing a research project
• How to plan a research project

Role of the qualitative researcher

• "Researcher-As-Instrument" in Qualitative Research: The Complexities of the Educational Researcher's Identities
• Researcher-researched relationship in qualitative research : Shifts in positions and researcher vulnerability
• Using one's self as an instrument for organizational diagnosis
• Compassion stress and the qualitative researcher

How to outline

• Creating an outline
• How to write an outline in 5 steps

Writing a thesis statement or question

• Setting a research question, aim and objective
• How to plan a research project

What is a lit review?

• A narrative literature review process for an academic business research thesis.
• Working at a Cathedral: Building a method for phenomenological literature-reviewing.

How to write a lit review

• How to write a stellar lit review
• Writing Integrative Literature Reviews: Guidelines and Examples

What is a topic? What is a construct? What is a variable?

• Research paper topics: definition, guide, examples
• Understanding the differences between constructs, variable, and operational definitions
• Concepts, constructs, and variables

Types of evidence

• Primary sources: A research guide
• Primary and secondary sources: What's the difference?

Principles of collecting data

• Data collection: Best methods and practical examples
• What is data collection: Methods, types, tools, and techniques

Interviews: structured/semi-structured

• Situating and constructing diversity in semi-structured interviews
• Structured interview: Definition, guide, and examples

Analyzing qualitative data

• Using one's self as instrument for organizational diagnosis
• Analyzing qualitative data

How to write a rough draft

• Tips for Writing a Powerful Rough Draft

Editing a draft

• Editing a literature review
• How to proofread your manuscript
• Revising your work

Proofreading

• Proofreading: The skill we've neglected to teach
• Seven effective ways to proofread writing

Presentation of research - how to make it interesting for a leadership audience

• How to Present Data to Leadership
• How To Present Research Findings to Senior Leaders

Evidencing in a presentation

• How to use evidence effectively in your next presentation
• Citing Sources in an Oral Presentation

How to do a final paper edit

• 5 Self-Editing Tips to Strengthen Your Writing
• Editing and Developing a Final Draft of a Research Paper