In this chapter, I describe how multisited ethnography offers ways to comprehend the multifaceted nature of different issues, allowing researchers to explore various views and directions that are beneficial for recognizing, understanding and trying to tackle issues, rather than viewing them from...

The interrelationship between organisational integrity and organisational performance is centred on the effective operationalisation of appropriate organisational practices and the extent to which they are aligned with the moral principles and beliefs held by employees, customers, and other...

The digital technologies we choose to use in our teaching can have both positive and negative environmental impacts. Many have a significant carbon footprint, especially since so many are now served from large cloud computing installations that consume considerable energy and water and emit...

Relationships between universities and business have developed significantly since the 2003 Lambert Report. From partnerships to placements, commercialisation to joint ventures, strategic alliances to international collaborations, the value of these relationships is more widely recognised. Yet,...

Organisational integrity, in terms of specific behaviours, processes or procedures or compliance with agreed standards, can be operationalised at both the individual business and the wider supply chain level. At the supply chain level, integrity is operationalised through collaboration via...

Qualitative researchers need to make judgements regarding how to engage with data during analysis. Computer assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) is one approach that provides solutions to challenges associated with more traditional techniques. Despite the benefits of a highly...

This chapter reviews salient features of the recent widespread adoption of digital educational resources by Higher Education. Although change is ongoing, there are some obvious lessons to learn. First, there is no single blueprint on how digital learning should best be done. A flexible mixture...

This chapter is an illustration of how taking up a senior academic leadership position poses an existential threat to research, relationships and reputation. Based on my own experience of being a mother, research-focused academic and a Dean, I offer insights, reflections and some critical...

In this chapter, we discuss critical factors in the analysis of visual and textual materials, and outline a process through which these types of data can provide empirical evidence that help to explain dynamic and emerging social phenomena. We underscore the value of images and language in...

A context - a holistic environment within which phenomena are studied - can be examined at the macro, meso and micro levels. We offer concrete tools for the qualitative researcher on how to leverage contexts for theoretical as well as substantive insights. The tools we discuss pertain to...