While such a compromise may be tenable, and, for some, attractive, this chapter will argue that it should not be seen as the primary understanding of SR. By doing so, it will present alternative understandings on SR's crucial positions regarding ontology and epistemology, as well as the ...
This paper is aimed to explore key philosophical underpinnings of fundamental research paradigms with reference to Positivism and Interpretivism. It would Furthermore, outline and provide key interrelationships with the following: Ontology, Epistemology, Methodology and Method. The paper followed a literature...
3463Positivismandinterpretivism 系统标签: interpretivismpositivismleadershipmerriamrealitypositivist 36 CHAPTER3 METHODOLOGY 3.1Introduction Researchcanbedefinedasthesystematicprocessofcollectingandlogicallyanalysingdatafor agivenpurpose(McMillan&Schumacher,2010).However,thisdefinitionisgeneralisedto somedegree,sincemanymethods...