What is the difference between the emic and the etic perspective?
The emic perspective is the native or insiders perspective; the etic perspective is an external, social scientific perspective. 12.11. What are the key characteristics of case study research? Here is the foundational question in case study research: What are the characteristics of this single case or of these comparison cases. Case study research is eclectic. It uses the conceptual organizer of case and cases in delineating the world. 12.12. What is a case? A case is a bounded system of interrelated parts forming a whole. A case may be an object or entity, an event, an activity, or a process. 12.13. Define intrinsic case study, instrumental case study, and collective case study. 1. In an intrinsic case study the researcher is interested in understanding the particulars of a specific case. 2. In an instrumental case study the researcher is interested in understanding something more general than the particular case. 3. In a collective case study the researcher is interested in comparing
