Adoption of appropriate well recognized research methods.
Development of early familiarity with culture of participating organizations.
Random sampling of individuals serving as informants. Triangulation via use of different methods, different types of informants and different sites. Tactics to help ensure honesty in informants. Iterative questioning in data collection dialogues.
Negative case analysis.
Debriefing sessions between researcher and superiors. Peer scrutiny of project
Use of “reflective commentary”
Description of background, qualifications and experience of the researcher.
Member checks of data collected and interpretations/theories formed.
Thick description of phenomenon under scrutiny. Examination of previous research to frame findings.
Provision of background data to establish context of study and detailed description of phenomenon in question to allow comparisons to be made
