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Research Design

Adoption of Anglo-American Models of Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting in China

ISBN: 978-1-78350-898-3, eISBN: 978-1-78350-897-6

Publication date: 7 January 2015

Abstract

This chapter explains the research design. An interpretive methodology was considered most suitable for the study. Informed by an institutional framework, the interpretive methodology was selected for this monograph for its strengths of focusing on the research context, interactive processes, and meanings that are not measurable by quantitative approach. The interpretive methodology is also consistent with the ontological and epistemological positions of the researchers. Data were collected from interviewing four groups of key persons and a document survey. The data triangulation and multiple perspectives helped increase the reliability and validity of the study. Also, conducting data collection in a natural setting produced a rich data source. This enabled the provision of an enhanced understanding of the operation and effectiveness of corporate governance and financial reporting practice in a real setting. In addition, the systematic set of data analysis procedures helped improve research rigor and develop conceptual and theoretical understanding of issues of interest.

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Citation

(2015), "Research Design", Adoption of Anglo-American Models of Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting in China (Studies in Managerial and Financial Accounting, Vol. 29), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 97-115. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-351220150000029005

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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