Factors affecting the quality of research processes

• Autorzy: Dźwigoł Henryk

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DOI

10.29119/1641-3466.2021.151.11

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: The aim of the article was to determine main factors that would influence the quality of a research process, as an element that supplements currently used methodology-related approaches. Design/methodology/approach: Following the fulfilment of the objective, the research was carried out with the help of a questionnaire addressed to the theoreticians of management sciences (401 representatives) being a target group. Moreover, in order to measure the factors determining the quality in management sciences, eight factors determining the quality of the research process were identified on the basis of the conducted factor analysis, which were subsequently described. Findings: On the basis of the factor analysis, eight factors determining the quality of the research process were identified, i.e.: - Practical application and purposefulness. - Influence of diverse research problems on the process. - Influence of a researcher on the research process. - Unique character of a scientific discipline. - Importance of observations. - Completeness of the process. - Process assistance type. - Need for triangulation and universalism. Research limitations/implications: The conclusions of the analysis concerning the methodology of conducting the research process indicate a lack of empirical approach to the problem of the quality of the research process, where as a result of the transformations taking place over the years in the methods of management, it is difficult to choose one single method allowing to conduct a full and thorough diagnosis of the problem already at the stage of defining the research problem. Therefore, the research undertaken in the article aims to identify factors influencing the quality of the research process as an element complementary to the existing methodological approaches. Practical implications: The management methodology is constantly being extended with new methods characterized by different cognitive and practical efficiency. The constant growth of diagnostic instruments is primarily conditioned by changes in the environment, and is also related to the need to use increasingly sophisticated and effective tools. Social implications: The conclusions of the analysis concerning the methodology of conducting the research process are reflections on the transformations that have taken place over the years in the management methods, that allow exploring the state of the organization. Originality/value: Depending on the subject matter the researcher has undertaken in his or her scientific work, some of these factors do not necessarily have to be reflected and diminish its importance in science and practice. These factors are determinants that allow assessing the quality of the conducted research process. The notion of the quality of the research process in management sciences is understood as the possibility of verifying the degree of realization and coherence of the goals of the work with the research problem and conclusions described in it.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

research process quality; research methodology; research methods and techniques

PL

jakość procesu badawczego; metodyka badań; metody i techniki badawcze

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: z. 151
• Strony: 173--188
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 68 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Dźwigoł Henryk

• Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice (Poland)
• London Academy of Science and Business, London (United Kingdom)
• Sumy State University, Sumy (Ukraine)

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2005-0078

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