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Research methodology and data
termination and to identify lessons learnt. Initial findings of the
dissertation were presented in this workshop to facilitate the discussion.
Table 10 provides a summary of the research materials concerning each
case.
Table 10 Summary of the research materials
Case
Primary
interviews
Documentation
on the case
program and
the case
organization
Additional
interviews on
other
programs and
projects
Theme
workshops
with program
participants
Center 25 X X X
Bureau 11 X
Chain 22 X X
3.5 Analysis
The data analysis in this dissertation is qualitative and iterative. As
described in the previous section, data was gathered one case at a time,
preliminary analysis was conducted for the early data and the observations
were compared with existing theories. The findings from this preliminary
analysis were used to further focus the study and to develop the framework
for the following rounds of data gathering. Intermediary results of the study
have been reported in several articles and conference papers (e.g. Lehtonen,
2007; Lehtonen & Martinsuo, 2008, 2009; Martinsuo & Lehtonen, 2007).
During the final analysis for the dissertation, all data was re-analyzed with
a consistent approach. The analysis was conducted in three phases during
which the data was reduced, organized and analyzed. The aim of the first
phase of the analysis was to provide a consistent understanding of the case
organizations, their case programs, and the program progress, and the
resulting descriptions served to establish the change context in the three
cases. The second phase of the analysis was about identifying the indicators
of the investigated phenomena in the research data, including the
indicators of the program boundary, different types of boundary activities,
readiness for change program implementation, and potentially relevant
contextual factors. The purpose of the third phase of the analysis was to
examine associations between the identified factors. During this phase, the
identified boundary activities were examined in detail and their
associations with readiness for change program implementation were
analyzed. Simultaneously, the effects of the contextual factors were further
examined.
As described above, 58 semi-structured interviews formed the main data
source for the analysis. Additional material listed in Table 10 was utilized
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