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