Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Case Studies
By Christina Hoon. 2012
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The purpose of this article is to provide the research design of a meta-synthesis of qualitative case studies. The meta-synthesis aims at building theory out of primary qualitative case studies that have not been planned as part of a unified multisite effect. By drawing on an understanding of research synthesis as the interpretation of qualitative evidence from a postpositivistic perspective, this article proposes eight steps of synthesizing existing qualitative case study findings to build theory. An illustration of the application of this method in the field of dynamic capabilities is provided. After enumerating the options available to meta-synthesis researchers, the potential challenges as well as the prospects of this research design are discussed.
Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management
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Citations in the corpus
- Telling Active Learning Pedagogies Apart: from theory to practice (2017, unknown): “…case studies and quantitative research to develop theories in education, is a mode of research that aims to move past theory defining to construction (i.e., theory building literature see Hoon [2013], Locke [2007] or Eisenhardt and Graebner [2007], amongst others, for a discussion on this subject).”
- A Qualitative Approach to Evidence–Based Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Considerations and an Example Involving Business Clusters (2014, methodology): “Meta-synthesis is another example of an interpretative synthesis that relies on an inductive, explorative methodology to synthesize research (Hoon, 2013).”
- A qualitative meta-synthesis of the benefits of eco-labeling in developing countries (2016, unknown): “To produce a rigorous metasynthesis analysis and avoid inaccurate results, the search process should be “systematic, explicit, and transparent” (Hoon, 2013, p. 531).”
- A Framework for Guiding and Evaluating Literature Reviews (2015, unknown): “Narrative and developmental reviews usually start with a wide focus that is narrowed down throughout the process, whereas cumulative and aggregative reviews are often concerned with using predefined concepts and precise boundaries (Gough et al., 2012; Hoon, 2013).”
- The process of reinventing a job: A meta–synthesis of qualitative job crafting research (2019, methodology): “We therefore sought to contribute to this field by conducting a meta–synthesis (Hoon, 2013) of qualitative job crafting studies.”