Chapter 24Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysisIntroduction to a configurational approach
Configurational theory and qualitative comparative analysis
The relationships between variables are complex and sometimes nonlinear, and sudden changes can generate different results and outcomes (Urry, 2005). Variance-based methods assume that the relationship between variables is linear, and one way to overcome that problematic assumption is to treat complex phenomena as clusters of interrelated conditions (Woodside, 2017). The difference between a variable and a condition is that the characteristics of a variable can vary (e.g., gender, perceived usefulness), as its very name suggests, ...
Get Researching and Analysing Business now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
