Exploratory Research in the Social Sciences
Abstract
Introduction What Is Exploration? Exploring Exploration Illustrated Writing Up Exploratory Research The Explorer Exploration Its Future in the Information Age
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The study used all available sources to uncover phenomena and derive concepts, as typical for exploratory research.
“As typical for exploratory research [43,44], we used all available sources to uncover interesting phenomena and derive appropriate concepts to describe them.”
From Tribal Governance: The Business of Blockchain Authentication (2018) · cites this paper as [44]
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“This study also adopts explorative research types that relatively unexplored areas, such as discomfort and privacy concerns with personalized marketing (Stebbins, 2001).”
- Authors
- Stebbins, R.
- Corresponding author
- Stebbins, Robert
- ORCID
- Stebbins, Robert
- Venue
- Sage eBooks
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc.
- Published
- 2001
- OpenAlex
- W254444275
- Cited by
- 1,840
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 153 · 2025: 160 · 2024: 170 · 2023: 145 · 2022: 175 · 2021: 133 · 2020: 151 · 2019: 95 · 2018: 66 · 2017: 70 · 2016: 75 · 2015: 80 · 2014: 82 · 2013: 66 · 2012: 70
- FWCI
- 5.02
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sage eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › General Social Sciences › Social Science and Policy Research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Business Strategies and Management Research
- Keywords
- exploratory research, writing up research, information age, future of research
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