On the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis in management

Konan, Anderson; Kan, Seny; Adegbite, Emmanuel; Omari, Sami El; Abdellatif, Mahamat

Abstract

Researchers now use qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) beyond its original purposes in political and sociological sciences and apply this method of analysis in the field of management. This article offers a comprehensive and critical review of all the uses of QCA in management studies up until February 2015. This study shows how QCA extends beyond an empirical technique and how this method offers a genuine formalization of qualitative analysis, which opens new ways of knowledge production in management scholarship. This also study provides important implications for business management research.

Citation

Konan, A., Kan, S., Adegbite, E., Omari, S. E., & Abdellatif, M. (2016). On the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis in management. Journal of Business Research, 69(4), 1458-1463. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.125

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 1, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Oct 25, 2015
• Publication Date: 2016-04
• Deposit Date: Dec 5, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 7, 2019
• Print ISSN: 0148-2963
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 69
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1458-1463
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.125
• Keywords: Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA); Management; Organization; Crisp-set; Fuzzy-set; Multi-value
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1367785
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296315005482