Mixed Methods Research online: Problems and Potential in Business Ethics Research

Contributing to the ongoing debate in research on sensitive issues such as business ethics, this chapter provides a discussion of mixed methods research design, examining the processes and challenges of developing and deploying an online survey tool using technology within an interpretive mixed methods design. This chapter provides pointers on how to deploy this approach through technology to research business ethics using the example of researching ethical mindsets and its components, including spirituality and aesthetics. It is found that mixed methods research is an effective approach because it allows often sensitive issues (i.e. business ethics, aesthetics, spirituality) relating to questing individuals' inner values and ethical propensities, which are usually subtle and difficult to measure and analyse constructs. While this tool was developed in the Australian context, it has the potential to form a foundation for wider examination and research in business ethics. The chapter contributes to the collective discussion of research methods using a framework that has both practical relevance and theoretical rigor

Examining the effects of strategies, competition intelligence, and risk culture on business performance in international enterprises

The top management of the organizations attach importance to both the cultural structure and performance by paying attention to the risk level of the decisions taken in order to be successful in the competitive environment. With the success of the organization performance, the organization of employees with different cultural characteristics of the same common value comes to the fore. Therefore, human resources and corporate culture of institutions attach importance to the management of the interaction of people from different segments in their management policies. How risks are understood and managed by employees in an organization is examined within the scope of risk culture, which depends on internal and external factors in the organization. As a result of cultural differences, both the advantages of orientation are recognized and explained and the problems that need to be managed continue to arise. This chapter sets out the existing cultural framework in organizations, and supports a bridge function and a systemic understanding of cultural differences