Mixed Method for New Scholars with Intrusive, Emerging and Complex Socio-Technical Topics

Abstract

The literature on security research, such as information security and supply chain security, informs that it is highly intrusive in nature. This creates hindrances to researchers on developing or testing theories in these fields due to difficulties in reaching or recruiting relevant participants for the sample data. This paper proposes mixed method as a research paradigm well suited for such intrusive studies when the researcher is a "newbie". The proposal is supported by empirical evidence obtained during the data collection of an ongoing research on information security compliance behaviour in supply chain security. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.