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Research methodology and data
was reserved for other remarks for the purpose of making notes during the
analysis. Figure 6 illustrates the spreadsheet used as a framework in this
analysis and provides examples of how the spreadsheet was filled out.
Figure 6 The framework for analyzing the boundary activities
All the quotations referring to boundary activities were coded into the
spreadsheet in this manner. As Figure 6 shows, some of the information
was not available or not applicable for every identified boundary activity.
For example, the interviewees often did not specify the recipients of the
boundary activity, or there was no clear link between the activity and any
indicator of readiness for change or any identified contextual factor.
However, at least the basic information was coded for each quote (columns
“A–D” in Figure 6), and additional information (columns “E–K” in Figure
6) was recorded when feasible.
The systematic coding process of the boundary activities allowed for
comparing the amount of boundary activities across the cases by counting
the related quotations. Even though the analysis was qualitative in nature,
frequencies were calculated to demonstrate the rate of occurrence of
boundary activities across the cases (Miles & Huberman, 1994). With the
help of the created spreadsheet, case-specific counts were made concerning
the overall amount of quotations referring to boundary activities, and the
number of instances of each identified boundary activity type. Such counts
provided an overview of the amount of boundary activity in each case.
Average values were also determined for the quotations referring to
boundary activities per interview to illustrate the potential differences
across the cases.
One goal of the detailed analysis of the boundary activities was to
determine the number of different boundary activities appearing in each
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