Open AccessIncluding Rigor and Artistry in Case Study as a Strategic Qualitative Methodology
Author(s) -
Prema Gaikwad
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2017.3436
Subject(s) - qualitative research , creativity , rigour , management science , flexibility (engineering) , case study research , epistemology , research design , sociology , engineering ethics , computer science , psychology , social psychology , social science , engineering , management , philosophy , economics
Case study has emerged as a popular research design among the other variations of qualitative designs. This theoretical research study presents the nature of case study as a stand-alone qualitative research methodology, which has an in-built flexibility that is unique among the other qualitative approaches. Literature points to two approaches of case study within which criteria for rigor through clear and complete description of the research design can be applied. A qualitative case study also lends itself to creativity or artistry with a freedom to be multi-method in nature. Being simultaneously rigorous and artistic is possible in case study through enhanced methodological justification and integrity.