Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی
Authors
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Department of Information Technology Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Qom University, Qom, Iran
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Associate professor Department of Management, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.30471/mssh.2025.10872.2633
Abstract
Since qualitative research has more depth and meaning than quantitative research, it has a greater potential to gain the trust of the audience, which doubles the importance of assessing the validity of qualitative research. Validity and reliability are very formal and prominent among quantitative researchers. The category of validation is also of particular importance among qualitative researchers, and of course, the challenges of this field are greater in qualitative research. Among qualitative research, various meta-synthesis methods have faced significant growth and popularity in recent years from researchers in various fields, especially the humanities and social sciences. Simultaneously with the acceptance of various meta-synthesis methods, important criticisms and gaps have also been raised regarding the process of carrying out these methods and the level of trust in them, which unfortunately has not been addressed much in the Iranian scientific community. With the aim of filling this gap, the present study presents a set of methods for validation in four dimensions of reliability, transferability, confirmability, and stability in research conducted using various types of meta-synthesis. The main emphasis of this research is on one of these methods, called CONQUAL. CONQUAL is a systematic and process-oriented method that is used to assess the validity and stability of meta-synthesis research. CONQUAL evaluates the findings of meta-synthesis at three levels by developing a clear and specific system and finally provides a table of results for evaluation.
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