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Phenomenological Approach: From Research Philosophy to Research Design

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Social Identity and Financial Investment Decisions

Part of the book series: Contributions to Management Science ((MANAGEMENT SC.))

Abstract

Phenomenology as the underlying research philosophy offers the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of the mechanisms of German-Turks’ social identity, what factors influence it, and how it may or may not influence their investment decisions. Multiple in-depth, semi-structured interviews are deemed suitable to understand German-Turks’ lived experience. With a small number of participants, trustworthiness of the research becomes particularly important. This is achieved by the research design, structure and documentation of the research process from acquiring participants, interviewing, transcribing and analyzing the data. Literature context, sensitive nature of the topic and cultural issues also need to be taken into consideration.

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Notes

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    A-levels equivalent.

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    Of the 2,793,000 German-Turks (Statistisches Bundesamt 2013, p. 82), 291,000 have the highest schooling (Abitur or Fachhochschulreife), whilst 553,000 are school drop-outs (Statistisches Bundesamt 2013, p. 234).

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Stumpfegger, E. (2015). Phenomenological Approach: From Research Philosophy to Research Design. In: Social Identity and Financial Investment Decisions. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17978-0_3

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