CHAPTER 3 Reward systems
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1. INTRODUCTION
The aim of this chapter is to explain, justify and account for the research methodology that has been selected in this study. In conducting the investigation, the researcher intends to proceed from a quantitative-descriptive design. A number of issues related to the research methodology will be extensively discussed below.
3.2. METHODICAL ACCOUNT (RESEARCH: QUANTITATIVE-DESCRIPTIVE)
Thyer as cited by De Vos and Fouché (1998: 77), defines a research design as a “blueprint or detailed plan for how a research study is to be conducted – operationalizing variables so they can be measured, selecting a sample of interest to study; collecting data to be used as a basis for testing hypotheses, and analyzing the results.” Hussey and Hussey (1997: 54), also point out that research methodology refers to the overall approach evident in the research process from the theoretical foundation to the......
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