TQR Volume 17 Article 87

TQR Volume 17 Article 88

Understanding the Culture of Ahiska Turks in Wheaton, Illinois: A Case Study
Omer Avci
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA

A Key Challenge in Global HRM: Adding New Insights to Existing Expatriate Spouse Adjustment Models
Ritu Gupta
IFHE, Hyderabad, India
Pratyush Banerjee
ICFAI University, Dehradun, India
Jighyasu Gaur
IFHE, Hyderabad, India

Qualitative Research News and Notes

IQR Board Member Mirka Koro-Ljungberg Co-Edits Latest Issue of Qualitative Inquiry

TQR Author Patricia Leavy's New Article Published in West Valley Magazine

Preview NVivo 10 for Mac

Using Service Improvement Tools to Analyse Qualitative Research. Surprise Surprise: It Works!

Putting People First: How Xerox Uses Analytics, Big Data and Ethnography to Help Government Solve "Big Problems"

Putting People First: EPIC Conference Videos Online

ethnosnacker: Mobile Needn't Be a Data Hurdle

RDQA (R package for Qualitative Data Analysis) Available Free Online

iModerate: Moderators' Skills on National Stage

Visual Ethnography for Business

Michele's Innovative Space: "The Design-Driven Process: Why Is It Better than the Others?"

Articles Factory: Mobile Ethnography through the Years

Dr. Michel Bouchard: Anthropology and Folklore: Bridging Gaps

Consumer Power: The Changing Status of Market Research

UX Matters: The Importance of Knowing User Intent

Anthrostrategist: Liminality and Shopping

TQR Review of the Week

Qualitative Research Resources on the Internet

Kitchen Stories: A Review
Dan Wulff and Sally St. George
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sandy Harper-Jaques
Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Lorne Jaques
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Please visit TQR Community's Qualitative Research Resources on the Internet site for more useful sources, sites, books, software applications, and tools including Qualitative Research Web Sites.

New Calls for Conferences and Journals, Training Opportunities, and Funding

Small Data in a Big Data World: Panel at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI) 2013 - Call for Proposals (Deadline: November 15, 2012)

A Day in Qualitative Psychology: Pre-Conference Event at the 9th International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry - Call for Proposals (Deadline: December 1, 2012)

Twitter and Microblogging: Political, Professional and Personal Practices - Call for Papers (Deadline: December 10, 2012)

A Day in Critical Qualitative Inquiry: Research in the Context of Neoliberal Higher Education: Pre-Congress Event at the 9th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry - Call for Presentation Proposal Abstracts (Deadline: December 15, 2012)

Trans-Scripts, an interdisciplinary online journal in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine: Third Volume Theme: "Thinking Activism" - Call for Graduate Student Papers (Deadline: January 1, 2013)

Sense Publishers: Teaching Gender Series - Call for Book Proposals (Deadline: Open)

Taos Institute WorldShare Books - Call for Submissions (Deadline: Open)

Previously Announced Open Calls and Conferences

Online Graduate QR Certificate

TQR Fourth Annual Conference

Winter 2013 admission for the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research, a six course, 18 credit hour online program that prepares its graduates to understand and conduct qualitative research, is now open. Courses offered this winter are QRGP 6301 Qualitative Data Collection, QRGP 6303 Qualitative Data Analysis II, and QRGP 6308 Writing Qualitative Research. Classes begin January 7, 2013.

Registration for TQR2013 is now open! "Qualitative Research and Technology" is the theme for the two-day conference. The opening plenary address to be given by Dr. Sharlene Janice Nagy Hesse-Biber and Dr. Natalie Hanson will deliver the closing plenary speech. TQR Editor-in-Chief Ron Chenail will conduct a three-hour workshop entitled, "Mobile Qualitative Research: Exploring Clouds and Apps." Please visit the new conference web site for more details.

Qualitative Research Employment Opportunities

Assistant Professor (Loyola University)

Associate Director - Qualitative Research (Willow Grove)

Director of Program Evaluation and Accreditation, College of Education (Coastal Carolina University)

Director of Qualitative and Ethnography (GfK Custom Research)

Institutional Research Analyst (Mercy College)

Manager, Primary Research (Conde Nast)

Researcher (Stanford University)

Research Analyst (Ashford University)

Project Manager, Qualitative Insights (Greater New York City Area)

Research Associate (Post Doc) (Syracuse University)

Senior Market Research Manager Job (Microsoft)

Senior User Researcher (Walmart)

Head of Qualitative Research (Sydney)

Senior Vice President / Vice President of Qualitative and Ethnography (GfK Custom Research)

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