Managing people on Construction Industry: Health & Safety, Methodologies of Managing People

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY1

Introduction1

Philosophical Framework or Paradigm2

Rationale for a Qualitative Study6

Research Design7

Literature Search7

Keywords8

Research Method8

Literature Selection Criteria8

Search Technique9

Theoretical Framework9

Researcher Bias9

Data Analysis Procedures9

Quality and Verification10

Reliability/Dependability11

Validity13

Ethical Considerations14

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS16

Organisational commitment21

Dual commitment22

Perceived organisational support24

Social support25

Affective commitment and perceived organisational support25

Affective commitment and perceived social support26

CHAPTER 5: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS27

Strategic planning / zoning27

Development control28

Consents and Permits30

Transportation32

CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION34

Limitations37

Directions for future research37

REFERENCES39

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY

This research will be established and carried out by using the method of qualitative research.

“We're filled with our own rightness, our own autobiography. We want to be understood. Our conversations become collective monologues and we never really understand what's going on inside another human being” (Covey, 1989, p. 240).

Introduction

In order to develop practices and policies that drive desirable behaviour, it is necessary to understand the common experiences of those that have experienced a phenomenon and the assumptions that they hold (Cresswell, 2007, p. 60). This qualitative phenomenological study was performed to describe how construction industry employees connections to their employer's organizational culture as manifested by their organizational citizenship behaviours. Results from this study could aid in enhancing the interaction practices between construction industry employees and their organization as well as deepening construction awareness and association to organizational culture.

Webster's Dictionary defined methodology as “a branch of philosophy dealing with the science of method or procedure” (p. 628). A phenomenological approach was used to vitalize the lived experience of construction industry employees. The study employed a social constructivist perspective in guiding the inquiry. Among this chapter, these frameworks are explored in further detail. This chapter also described the detailed procedures related to how the investigation would be performed and who would participate. Further, research method standards and ethical considerations are discussed to make sure that the planned research study conforms to acceptable quality standards and does not endanger the well-being of study participants.

Philosophical Framework or Paradigm

Groenewald (2004) defined the philosophical framework or paradigm as “the patterning of the thinking of a person; it is a principal example among example, an exemplar or model to follow according to which design actions are taken” (p. 6). The philosophical framework provided the researcher with the basic methods and rules that were proven to be relevant to the studies of other researchers but the primary purpose of the framework is to “make sense of the data, to provide some coherent explanation for why people are doing or saying what they are doing or saying” (Anfara & Mertz, 2006, p. 68). Flood (2010) summarized these affirmations and stated that “a theoretical perspective supports the philosophical stance underpinning a methodology and provides a context for the process involved and a basis for its logic and criteria” (p. 8).

Understanding the basic assumptions and perspectives taken by the researcher is central to evaluating the planned research methodology as well as the subsequent findings and recommendations resulting from the study (Cresswell, 2007, p. 16). Cresswell (2007) presented an adaptation of Guba and Lincoln's (1988) axiomatic issues that define the ...