TY - JOUR AU - Kastberg, Peter PY - 2017/01/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Research Design – Composition, Configuration and Interdependencies JF - Journal of Organizational Knowledge Communication JA - Jour Of Org Know Com VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.7146/jookc.v3i1.25219 UR - https://tidsskrift.dk/jokc/article/view/25219 SP - 5-22 AB - <p>In this essay I will present an integrative view on research design. I will introduce what I<br />take to be the skeleton components of any research design within the social sciences, i.e.<br />the elements of research question, philosophy of science, methodology, method and data.<br />With this as my point of departure I will go on to focus on a presentation, a discussion<br />and an evaluation of a new appreciation of the interdependencies of the elements in the<br />research design. An appreciation that favors a relational rather than an atomistic outlook<br />and which gives rise to an ecological conceptualization of research design. A research design,<br />in other words, which promotes plasticity and fluidity over adherence to static protocol.<br />And which, at the same time, does not relinquish control over project-relevant, multifaceted<br />decision-making processes – and their respective interdependencies – but which deliberates<br />each and every one of them. The aim of the paper is twofold. At a more abstract level, it<br />aims at paving the way for establishing a reflexive approach to research design which, in turn,<br />would be in tune with the tenets of the field of Organizational Knowledge Communication<br />(e.g. Kastberg, 2014). At a more concrete level, it aims at presenting an idea of research<br />design which would – hopefully – be an inspiration to (young) scholars.</p> ER -