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Research Data Collection and Analysis Framework

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This chapter provides a summary of the frameworks and processes ensuring a good quality standard in obtaining and analysing the data. The information is organised in the following way: Sect. 5.1 describes the researched factory, Sect. 5.2 lists the detailed precautions which were applied to design and stratify a meaningful and representative sample and explains the quality enhancement procedures which were carried out during the interviewing process. Section 5.3 describes the interviewing process and how the input was validated, while Appendix provides an example of the structure of the interviews. The methods chapter is concluded by Sects. 5.4 and 5.5 which introduce process and framework by which the data were organised, coded, processed and analysed.

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    These terms were also coined and used by a majority of the respondents (see Chap. 6).

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    This label was also frequently used by many respondents.

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Bachmann, B. (2017). Research Data Collection and Analysis Framework. In: Ethical Leadership in Organizations. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42942-7_5

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