Using Contextual Constructs Model to Frame Doctoral Research Methodology
dc.contributor.author | Knight, Shirlee-ann | |
dc.contributor.author | Cross, D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T13:33:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T13:33:40Z | |
dc.date.created | 2015-07-16T06:21:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Knight, S. and Cross, D. 2012. Using Contextual Constructs Model to Frame Doctoral Research Methodology. International Journal of Doctoral Studies. 7: pp. 39-62. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32874 | |
dc.description.abstract |
This paper presents a novel research model – Contextual Constructs Model (CCM) and the theory that underpins it – Contextual Constructs Theory (CCT). First developed as part of a complex project investigating user perceptions of information quality during Web-based information re-trieval, the CCM is not a single research method per se, but is a modelled research framework providing an over-arching perspective of scientific inquiry, by which a researcher is able to iden-tify multiple possible methods of study and analysis according to the identified research con-structs and their contexts. Central to CCM/CCT is that all research involves the fusion of two key elements: 1) context; and 2) cognitively-driven constructs; and that the co-dependent nature of the relationship between these two research components inform the research process and eventual outcomes. The resulting CCM is one that frames research as a contextual process of phases, in-dentifying the conceptual, philosophical, implementation, and evaluation tasks associated with a research investigation. The value of framing research within a CCM comes from its capacity to frame complex, real world phenomena since its epistemology is a blend of a critical-real world view – where reality can be both constructed and constant; within a systems-science paradigm – where constructs are not reduced to isolated parts, but investigated in terms of multiple co-constructions and the contextual relationships between them. | |
dc.publisher | Informing Science Institute | |
dc.relation.uri | http://ijds.org/Volume7/IJDSv7p039-062Knight234.pdf | |
dc.subject | Research Methodology | |
dc.subject | Contextual Constructs Model | |
dc.subject | Critical Realism | |
dc.subject | Contextual Con-structs Theory | |
dc.subject | Research Philosophy | |
dc.subject | Research Design | |
dc.subject | Systems-Science | |
dc.title | Using Contextual Constructs Model to Frame Doctoral Research Methodology | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 7 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 39 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 62 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1556-8881 | |
dcterms.source.title | International Journal of Doctoral Studies | |
curtin.department | School of Information Systems | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |