The Weekly Qualitative Report

The Weekly Qualitative Report

ISSN 1945-2853

Volume 1, Number 8

November 24, 2008

URL: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/WQR/wqr1_8.html

The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

A Qualitative Study Investigating Gender Differences in Primary Work Stressors and Levels of Job Satisfaction in Greek Junior Hospital Doctors

Alexander-Stamatios Antoniou
University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Cary L. Cooper
Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Marilyn J. Davidson
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

The Weekly Review

A Review of On Ethnography: Keeping Theory and Method in Balance

Jan S. Chenail
Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

Qualitative Data Analysis Program (QDAP): QDAP personnel code text from a wide variety of sources including in-depth interviews, open-ended survey answers, field notes, transcripts from focus groups or Web logs (blogs), e-mails, and and a host of other digitized text data sets.

Teaching and Learning Qualitative Research

The Higher Education Academy Psychology Network’s (TQRMUL) Teaching Qualitative Research Methods at Undergraduate Level in Psychology exists to support psychology departments embedding the teaching of qualitative research methods into undergraduate programmes. Resources on the site include presentation materials (e.g., PowerPoint slides, exercises, and handouts) from over a dozen qualitative research workshops.

NSU Announces New Online Graduate

Qualitative Research Certificate Program

The NSU Graduate Qualitative Research Certificate Program consists of eight three-credit hour online courses designed to prepare academics, professional research consultants, and graduate students to understand a variety of qualitative research approaches and to conduct qualitative research studies.

New Calls for Conference Papers, Proposals, and Abstracts and Training Opportunities

· The 28th International Human Science Research Conference (IHSRC): Challenging the past - interpreting the present - envisioning the future - Call for Abstracts

· The 29th International Human Science Research Conference (IHSRC): Giving Voice to Experience - Initial Announcement

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles

· Fontanella, B. J. B., Ricas, J., & Turato, E. R. (2008). Amostragem por saturação em pesquisas qualitativas em saúde: contribuições teóricas [Saturation sampling in qualitative health research: Theoretical contributions]. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 24(1), 17-27. Abstract

· Koerber, A., & McMichael, L. (2008). Qualitative sampling methods: A primer for technical communicators. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 22(4), 454-473. Abstract

· Koro-Ljungberg, M., Bussing, R., Williamson, P., & M'Cormack-Hale, F. (2008). Reflecting on the experience sampling method in the qualitative research context: Focus on knowledge production and power during the data-collection process. Field Methods, 20(4), 338-355. Abstract

· Seawright, J., & Gerring, J. (2008). Case selection techniques in case study research: A menu of qualitative and quantitative options. Political Research Quarterly, 61(2), 294-308. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Openings

· Assistant Professor, Educational Research-Qualitative (The University of Memphis)

· Assistant Professor in Performance Studies (San Jose State University)

· Associate - Applied Organizational Research (ICF International)

· Assistant/Associate Professor - Educational Research Methodology (Robert Morris University)

· Ethnographer/Research Associate (Institute for Community Research)

· Professor of Diversity and Urban Studies (Vanderbilt University)

· Qualitative Research Leader (Baldwin Gilman)

· Research Analyst (CNET)

· Research and Evaluation Assistant (The University of Denver)

· Research Assistant (The American Institutes for Research)

· Research Assistant (Social Policy Research Associates)

· Social Analyst, Quantitative/Qualitative (Detica)

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