Research output: Working paper
Research output: Working paper
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Researching entrepreneurship through phenomenological inquiry: philosophical and methodological issues
AU - Cope, J P
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - In recent years, the field of entrepreneurship has witnessed an emerging body of research that operates within an interpretive paradigm. In contributing to this research tradition, this article explicates an interpretive, phenomenological form of inquiry, described by Thompson et al (1989) as the 'phenomenological interview'. Particular attention is paid to the ontological and epistemological foundations of this approach, illustrating the evolution from philosophy to methodology. The article demonstrates how a phenomenological commitment to research translates into a set of issues that provide the methodological context for these in-depth, unstructured interviews. The application of this method is then demonstrated with reference to case study research that was conducted with six practising entrepreneurs, which utilised phenomenological interviews as the primary research tool. The article concludes with a discussion of some important caveats that surround the use of the phenomenological interview
AB - In recent years, the field of entrepreneurship has witnessed an emerging body of research that operates within an interpretive paradigm. In contributing to this research tradition, this article explicates an interpretive, phenomenological form of inquiry, described by Thompson et al (1989) as the 'phenomenological interview'. Particular attention is paid to the ontological and epistemological foundations of this approach, illustrating the evolution from philosophy to methodology. The article demonstrates how a phenomenological commitment to research translates into a set of issues that provide the methodological context for these in-depth, unstructured interviews. The application of this method is then demonstrated with reference to case study research that was conducted with six practising entrepreneurs, which utilised phenomenological interviews as the primary research tool. The article concludes with a discussion of some important caveats that surround the use of the phenomenological interview
KW - interpretive
KW - phenomenological
KW - philosophy
KW - methodology
KW - interview
M3 - Working paper
T3 - Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Working Paper Series
BT - Researching entrepreneurship through phenomenological inquiry: philosophical and methodological issues
PB - Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
CY - Lancaster University
ER -