Tsuchiya, Y, Ohno, Y, Hemmi, H, Tamura, Y
Osaka Sangyo University Journal of Business Administration, 21(2-3) 27-41, Apr 1, 2021 Lead author
The purpose of this research is to clarify the abductive analysis (Timmermans & Tavory, 2012), which is based on Peirce's concept "abduction". To explain this qualitative method, which is attracted recently, we divided it into three sections: the problem of grounded theory approach and the position of abductive analysis, the component of abductive analysis. and the practice of abductive analysis. As a result, we proposed two contributions. First, abductive analysis helps to link methodology and practice in qualitative research. Second, we can apply abductive analysis to review papers. Finally, we discussed two limitations in Timmermans and Tavory (2012).