Description
- What is rigorous research in this field?
- What are the new, cutting edge techniques?
Written for students, scholars, and marketing research practitioners, this book takes readers through the basics to an advanced understanding of the latest developments in qualitative marketing and consumer research. The book offers readers a practical guide to planning, conducting, analyzing, and presenting research using both time-tested and new methods, skills and technologies. With hands-on exercises that researchers can practice and apply, the book leads readers step-by-step through developing qualitative researching skills, using illustrations drawn from the best of recent and classic research.
Whatever your background, this book will help you become a better researcher and help your research come alive for others.
About the Author
Russell W. Belk is York University Distinguished Research Professor and Kraft Foods Canada Chair in Marketing at the Schulich School of Business. His research involves the extended self, meanings of possessions, collecting, gift-giving, sharing, digital consumption, and materialism. It tends to be qualitative, cultural, and visual. He has received the Paul D. Converse Award, two Fulbright Fellowships, the Sheth Foundation/Journal of Consumer Research Award for Long Term Contribution to Consumer Research, and is a fellow in ACR, APA, and the Royal Society of Canada. Eileen Fischer is Professor Marketing and the Max and Anne Tanenbaum Chair in Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at the Schulich School of Business. She is past chair of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management. Her research interests span entrepreneurship and consumer behavior topics, and she is currently an Associate Editor for both the Journal of Consumer and Journal of Business Venturing. Robert Kozinets is the Jayne and Hans Hufschmid Chair of Strategic Public Relations and Business Communication at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Marshall School of Business. An academic whose methods and theories are widely used by researchers, in classrooms, and in industry, he has taught digital methods to some of the world's best students and consulted with a range of highly respected global organizations.
Reviews
'From the epicentre of academic qualitative research within business schools, the advice of this seasoned Schulich team will help students and managers sharpen workbench skills and attain deeper insights in the quest to understand and influence consumers worldwide' -
John F. Sherry
Professor of Marketing, University of Notre Dame
'Qualitative Consumer and Marketing Research is an accessible, conceptually substantial and practical guide to qualitative research. Written by eminent qualitative researchers from one of the world's leading school's of Consumer Culture Theory, the book provide a substantial introduction to all elements of the research process, including design, analysis and presentation. A particular strength of the book is the advice that it gives on getting your qualitative research noticed, accepted and published' -
Andrea Davies
Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Leicester
'Written by three leading experts in the field of qualitative research, this book fills in a long-existing gap in the qualitative consumer and marketing research literature. It is very insightful, well structured, rich on practical applications, and written in an easy-to-read style. It successfully integrates established and innovative approaches for capturing, processing and presenting data. This is an excellent book appealing to a wide audience of readers' -
Elena Millan
Lecturer in Consumer Research and Marketing, University of Reading
Book Information
ISBN 9780857027665
Author Russell W. Belk
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Sage Publications Ltd
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
Weight(grams) 560g
