Open AccessLeadership in an Australian Context: Highlighting a Qualitative Investigation with Construct Validity Support
Author(s) -
Nezar Faris
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2017.2756
Subject(s) - grounded theory , qualitative research , discriminant validity , construct validity , psychology , content validity , convergent validity , construct (python library) , external validity , social psychology , epistemology , computer science , sociology , psychometrics , social science , developmental psychology , programming language , philosophy , internal consistency
This paper highlights how criteria for validity that are usually utilized within quantitative research can be used to provide further validation to fully qualitative research. In this case, the qualitative research utilizes the grounded theory method. This research used the grounded theory to investigate leadership processes in the substantive setting of the Islamic organizations in Australia. The qualitative analysis of qualitative data generated a number of categories that were conceptually unique. Theoretical sampling directed the researcher toward data sources that provided further conceptual uniqueness. The similarity between some of these newly-generated categories and lower-order categories gave cause to claim convergent validity for the findings. Also, the contrast between other newly-generated categories and some lower-order categories gave cause to celebrate discriminant validity. The significant contribution in this paper is bringing convergent validity and discriminant validity to grounded theory research.