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• 1 Introduction

• 1.3 Basic and applied research

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• What is basis research?

  Basis research genarates a body of knowlegde by trying to comprehend how certain problem that occur in organizations can be solved.

• 2 Research workshop 1

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• What are operationalization of variables?

  Operationzalization of variables means making specific descriptions for concepts and terms used in the research and what you are going to measure.

• 3 Research workshop 2

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• What means moderate participation?

  Moderate participation means that the observer maintains a distance and does not intervenve.

• What means active participation?

  Active participation means that the observer shares that they are observing and they participate in activities. To observe the observer needs parmission and a sponsor.

• What means structured observation?

  Structured observation means that it happens without direct involvement and the collection technique is structured in a well-defined and procedural manner and allows for data collection that could not be collected with typical research methods.

• What means ethics during observation?

  Ethics during observation means that permission for the observation is needed. It is unethical to give a false reason for the research. Storing and recording audio and video might mresult in legal or ethical issues.

• What is a coding method?

  A coding method is predetermined specific behavior that quelifies as behaviour of interest. Advantages of coding are that it allows for quantitative observations, brings focus, is objective and is easy to use. Standard coding schemes are a simple checklist, a sequence record and a sequence record on a time scale.

• What is a telephone interview?

  A telephone interview avoids face-to-face discomfort, is faster and has a lover cost. However, the length must be limited, response is lower and facial expressions or body language are not taken into account.

• What is a self-administered interview?

  A self-administered interview has the lowest cost, has expanded geographical coveragem requires minimal staff and is percieved as more anonymous. However, the response rate is low, there is no clarification possible, it cannot be too long/complex and surveys can be incomplete.

• What is a focus group research?

  Focus group research looks at how people talk about a Cleary defined issue. An expert panel is gathered to deliver opinions and expert knowledge. The advantages of group interviews are that it is time and cost-effective, could stimulate deepter discussions with different opinions and the creatibity of the group could lead to new ideas. However, an experienced mderator is needed, there is peer pressure to deliver socially expected answers and dominant respondents can overshadow individuals opinions.