On the Use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Management

Seny Kan, K. A., Adegbite, E., El Omari, S. & Abdellatif, M. (2016), "On the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis in management", Journal of Business Research, Vol. 69(4), pp. 1458-1463.

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Konan Seny Kan

University of Otago ; University of Otago

Emmanuel Adegbite

University of Nottingham

Sami El Omari

Toulouse Business School

Mahamat Abdellatif

University of Toulouse 3, Paul Sabatier University

Date Written: 2016

Abstract

Researchers now use Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) beyond its original purposes in political and sociological sciences and apply this method of analysis in the field of management. This article offers a comprehensive and critical review of all the uses of QCA in management studies up until February 2015. This study shows how QCA extends beyond an empirical technique and how this method offers a genuine formalization of qualitative analysis, which opens new ways of knowledge production in management scholarship. This also study provides important implications for business management research.

Keywords: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), management, organization, crisp-set, fuzzy-set, multi-value

Suggested Citation

Seny Kan, Konan Anderson and Seny Kan, Konan Anderson and Adegbite, Emmanuel and El Omari, Sami and Abdellatif, Mahamat, On the Use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Management (2016). Seny Kan, K. A., Adegbite, E., El Omari, S. & Abdellatif, M. (2016), "On the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis in management", Journal of Business Research, Vol. 69(4), pp. 1458-1463., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3512784 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3512784

Konan Anderson Seny Kan

University of Otago ( email )

60 Clyde St, North Dunedin
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New Zealand

University of Otago ( email )

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Emmanuel Adegbite (Contact Author)

University of Nottingham ( email )

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Sami El Omari

Toulouse Business School ( email )

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Toulouse, 31068
France

Mahamat Abdellatif

University of Toulouse 3, Paul Sabatier University ( email )

118 Route de Narbonne
Toulouse cedex 9, F-31062
France

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