Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA): philosophical underpinning and application of research principles for study in the field of management and organization

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Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی

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Faculty of Management and Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

10.30471/mssh.2025.10775.2621

Abstract

Qualitative approaches have been accepted as empirical methods in the social sciences because researchers have recognized that many of the phenomena we are interested in are complex and require deep introspection and penetrating investigation. Quantitative approaches often cannot capture such phenomena well through their standard methods. One of the qualitative researches for in-depth investigation of people's experiences, perceptions and behavior is the interpretive phenomenological method in which interviews and other in-depth data collection methods are used. , provide exciting, clever and useful research approaches. . This article is trying to provide a methodical framework for conducting interpretive phenomenology research by analyzing the background for this method, including the logic of placing the method in the qualitative tradition, describing the philosophical and epistemological background of the method, the key features of the method and its implementation style. Based on this, this article will start by examining the philosophical foundations, ontology and epistemology of the method, and then explain the implementation steps and review the use of the method, and finally explain how this method is used by researchers in the field of organization, especially organizational behavior. And it will be explained.

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Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities

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Available Online from 28 May 2025

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