Applying Mixed Methods Research to Conduct Human Resources Development Inquiry: An Update. (December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hitchcock, John H.
• Is Part Of: Human resource development review. Volume 21:Number 4(2022)
• Page Start: 517
• Page End: 538
• Publication Date: 2022-12
• Subjects: credibility techniques -- dialectical pluralism -- human resources development -- integration -- legitimation -- mixed methods research; Organizational effectiveness -- Periodicals; Organizational learning -- Periodicals; Personnel management -- Periodicals; Manpower policy -- Periodicals; Human capital -- Periodicals; Human services -- Periodicals; 658.3005
• DOI: 10.1177/15344843221129397
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1534-4843

Abstract

Scholars of human resources development (HRD) and related fields should stay abreast of mixed methods research developments to advance their scholarship. In support this idea, two companion works published in Human Resources Development Review (Hitchcock & Newman, 2013; Newman & Hitchcock, 2011) were offered to help HRD scholars embrace the concept of mixed methods research. It is now approaching 10 years since the second of these two articles was published and, since then, there have been important mixed methods research updates that can facilitate HRD inquiry. This article therefore contributes to Human Resources Development Review's Instructor's Corner by reviewing: (a) updates in paradigmatic thinking that support the use of mixed methods, (b) new approaches to integration, and (c) legitimation approaches that offer a validity framework for understanding mixed methods design quality. These three descriptions include discussion around how they might be applied in HRD research.