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Capturing the wisdom of the field: trends, opportunities, and threats in positivist field study research

In: Research Handbook on Performance Measurement for Management Control

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  • Jennifer Grafton
  • Anne M. Lillis

Abstract

In this chapter, we consider the implications of big data and technology for positivist field research in performance measurement. These trends are changing the performance measurement questions we can study, as well as how we can study them, as they increase the availability of data sources and advance the capabilities of computer-assisted data analysis. We argue that these trends bias against field research in general and the qualitative analysis of data specifically, in that they make it more costly for researchers. We further argue that qualitative field data and qualitative analysis and interpretation of field data are as truly central as ever to extracting the “wisdom of the field.” It remains critical as a way of informing, building, and refining theory, questioning underlying findings based on these new data sources, challenging the interpretation of computer-based, quantified approaches to the analysis of these data, and identifying questions of importance to practice.

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  • Jennifer Grafton & Anne M. Lillis, 2024. "Capturing the wisdom of the field: trends, opportunities, and threats in positivist field study research," Chapters, in: Anne M. Lillis & Jennifer Grafton (ed.), Research Handbook on Performance Measurement for Management Control, chapter 19, pages 354-370, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21441_19
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