This timely Handbook illustrates a myriad of theoretical and practical applications in the utility of mixed methods research (MMR) in business and management. It surveys innovations in MMR to provide a full overview of the past, current, and future complexities of the field. With 26 chapters authored by leading international researchers, this fascinating Handbook provides a rich overview of methodological insights into business-applied MMR. It details foundationally important data integration techniques, quality criteria in MMR, and innovative analytical techniques such as qualitative comparative analysis and multilevel MMR. By investigating the effect of rapid developments of new technology such as AI, it focuses on the future of the field, making this Handbook indispensable for maintaining the practice of business and management research for future scholarly generations. The Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Business and Management will be a crucial read for academics and students researching areas within business and management, human resource management, and economics. Additionally, its examination of case study examples of problems and phenomena in business and management will be useful for those in industry and policy formulation.

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Contents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction: mixed methods research in business and management fields 2 Xanthe Golenko and Roslyn Cameron 2 Historical and comparative perspectives on MMR in business, the social sciences and medicine 11 Roslyn Cameron, Heinz Herrmann and Giao Reynolds PART II FOUNDATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR MIXED METHODS RESEARCH DESIGNS 3 From mixed data sources to multimethods and integrative mixed methods 28 Pat Bazeley 4 Choosing a qualitatively oriented mixed methods research approach: recommendations for researchers 41 Courtney Toledo and Peggy Shannon-Baker 5 Responsible mixed methods research (RMMR): a case for managing ethics and AI in MMR 55 Heinz Herrmann and Roslyn Cameron 6 Assessing quality in mixed methods research: concepts, frameworks, and criteria 76 Sergi Fàbregues, Elsa Lucia Escalante-Barrios, Sinem Toraman Turk, Timothy C. Gattermann and Michael Fetters 7 Working in multidisciplinary and methodologically diverse teams: practical lessons from collaborating with defence-based organisations 94 Michelle Leanne Oppert, Siobhan Banks, Valerie O’Keeffe and Raymond Matthews PART III DISCIPLINE AND SUB-DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC UTILITY OF MIXED METHODS RESEARCH DESIGNS 8 Mixed methods prevalence studies, publishing strategies and reporting in business and management fields 110 José F. Molina-Azorin 9 The optics of mixed methods research in the accounting field (2015–2020): a case of the untrained eye or methodological tunnel vision? 123 Giao Reynolds and Roslyn Cameron 10 The application of mixed methods in project management research: recent trends in their use and reporting 141 Shankar Sankaran and Omar Bentahar 11 Mixed methods practice in operational research: designs for wicked problems 163 Jane S. Christie 12 Promoting mixed methods research in sport management 179 Valerie J. Morrison 13 Understanding complexity in sustainable business: the impetus for mixed method research 194 Aharon Factor, Alessandro Bressan and Eustathios Sainidis 14 Lessons from conducting mixed methods research prevalence studies: recommendations for overcoming the challenges of inconsistent reporting 208 Jennifer Kosiol, Angie Shafei, Maryam Sassoli, Roslyn Cameron and Anneke Fitzgerald 15 Challenging traditional methodologies in health management research: MMR applications in the codesign, implementation, and evaluation of a health care intervention 224 Xanthe Golenko, Claudia Meyer, Rajna Ogrin and Judy A. Lowthian 16 Using a longitudinal MMR design to capture the complexity of outcome and process driven governance in rural India 244 Kripa Ananth Pur PART IV SAMPLING AND DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES 17 Who matters most? The salience sampling method for identifying and reporting key informants for qualitative components of MMR designs 260 Ryan Gould, Mathew Xerri and Anneke Fitzgerald 18 Multilevel mixed methods research designs in business and management 275 Victoria Murphy 19 Qualitative comparative analysis in mixed methods research designs 292 Farveh Farivar 20 Enriching thematic analysis with clustering techniques: applying mixed analysis to interviews about big data linkage 310 Judy Rose, Samantha Low-Choy, Ilan Katz and Ross Homel PART V INNOVATIONS IN MIXED METHODS RESEARCH DESIGNS 21 Adaptive mixed methods research design practices to address complexity in business and management research 329 Cheryl N. Poth, Emma P. Bullock and Elizabeth Eppel 22 A mixed methods research notation system for complex designs 348 Roslyn Cameron 23 Mixed methods action research: a creative and comprehensive research approach for complex practical problems 365 Claire Pierce 24 Introducing the systematic science mapping framework: an innovative and mixed approach for macro scale reviews 381 Heinz Herrmann 25 Mixed methods studies in design practice and suggestions for business and management research 394 Mieke Leppens, Fiona Chatteur and Phoebe Perkins PART VI CONCLUSION 26 Mapping mixed methods in business and management and charting the future course 411 Roslyn Cameron and Xanthe Golenko Index