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Abstract
Qualitative analysis is often reported as an intuitive, personal journey for the researcher. In this case, qualitative research texts are long on discussions of data collection and research experiences but short on analysis. This paper aims to reduce the tension in the qualitative analysis by adopting a decision making trail that is proposed by Clarke (1999). The reason behind this is that a decision trail does provide a clear and agreed analysis processes in qualitative analysis. The case that is utilised to achieve the aims of this paper is that the impact of meta-abilities (cognitive-skills, self-knowledge, emotional resilience and personal drive) in the externalisation and sharing of tacit knowledge. It is found that a decision making trail supports the principles of academic rigour in qualitative research.
Highlights
Qualitative research approaches are designed to help researchers understand people and the social and cultural contexts within which they live (Myers and Avison, 2002)
This thinking remains dominant despite the growth of systematic qualitative analysis that is supported by computer analysis systems (Tesch quoted from Clarke, 1999)
Pollock (1991) summarises how qualitative research texts are long on discussions of data collection and research experiences but short on analysis
Summary
Qualitative research approaches are designed to help researchers understand people and the social and cultural contexts within which they live (Myers and Avison, 2002). Qualitative researchers seek answers to questions that stress how social experience is created and given meaning (ibid). This lead to the view that qualitative analysis is often reported as an intuitive, personal journey for the researcher (Clarke, 1999). Pollock (1991) summarises how qualitative research texts are long on discussions of data collection and research experiences but short on analysis She acknowledges the contributions of Miles and Huberman (1984) and Strauss (1987) in the research data analysis. The conclusions and suggestions for further research are dealt with
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