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Top Tip! Thanks Andrew. Looking forward to trying this. Best wishes, Steve. -- Dr Steven Ariss FHEA Senior Research Fellow Y&H CLAHRC, Evaluation Lead Innovation and Knowledge Transfer Lead for Health Services Research Module Lead: Evaluation Methods for Complex Settings ScHaRR University of Sheffield Innovation Centre 217 Portobello S14DP Tel:(0114)22-25426 On 10 August 2017 at 18:56, Andrew Booth <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just a note fro anyone who is seeking mid range theories for their realist > endeavours. I have found that the use of a string such as (theor* OR > framework* OR model* OR concept*) on Google Scholar combined with the topic > of interest works opretty well (it has to be Google Scholar because these > concepts are not always present in journal abstracts). > > So in Bibane's example: > "monetary incentives" AND (theor* or model* or concept* Or framework*) > > The very FIRST reference ON Google Scholar is: > Bonner SE, Sprinkle GB. The effects of monetary incentives on effort and > task performance: theories, evidence, and a framework for research. > Accounting, Organizations and Society. 2002 Jul 31;27(4):303-45. > > Notwithstanding the target audeinec of accountancy researchers this states > the following: > > "Our first objective is to provide a conceptual framework for > understanding the effects of (performance-contingent) monetary incentives > on individual effort and performance and also to discuss theories that > suggest mediators of the incentives-effort relation. Here, our focus is on > explicating the motivational and cognitive mechanisms by which monetary > incentives are presumed to increase performance; understanding these > mechanisms is critical for determining how to maximize the effectiveness of > monetary incentives. Theoretically, monetary incentives work by increasing > effort which, in turn, leads to increases in performance. Given these > relations, we first provide a detailed discussion of the various components > of the effort construct: direction, duration, intensity, and strategy > development. We then describe theories that detail the mechanisms through > which monetary incentives are presumed to lead to increases in effort. > These theories are expectancy theory, agency theory (via expected utility > theory), goal-setting theory, and social-cognitive (self-efficacy) theory." > > So that is already FOUR mid-range theories to start with in less than TWO > MINUTES! > > And just a brief plug: our chapter on Scoping and Searching to Support > Realist Approaches by *Andrew Booth, Judy Wright and Simon Briscoe in the > Book "Doing Realist Research" by Sage should be out sometime next year!* > > *Best wishes* > > *Andrew * > > *Lead Author of Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review, > 2nd Edition by Sage Publishing (Publication Date: May 2016]* > *------------------------------------------------------------------------* > > Dr Andrew Booth BA MSc Dip Lib PhD MCLIP > Reader in Evidence Based Information Practice > School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) > University of Sheffield, > Regent Court, 30 Regent Street > SHEFFIELD > S1 4DA > Tel: 0114 222 0705 > Fax: 0114 272 4095 > Email: [log in to unmask] > *My Publications:* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term= > %22booth+a%22+AND+(scharr+OR+sheffield+OR+%22related+research%22) > > > On 10 August 2017 at 14:04, Bibiane Manga <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Dear RAMESES colleagues, >> >> I am a 2nd year PhD student at the University of Birmingham. Part of my >> research involves the use of a realist evaluation approach to look at the >> Payment by Result (PbR) funding model in the sphere of criminal justice in >> England and Wales. Payment by results means that organizations working to >> rehabilitate formerly incarcerated persons receive financial reward for >> maintaining clients who do not re-offend. My working theories have to do >> with how this works, and how it may produce unintended consequences. I >> have conducted interviews with key informants (those at managerial >> positions within probation) and developed an initial programme theory. >> However, I was not able to have access to support workers and clients >> (offenders) to test my initial programme theory. As a result, Justin has >> kindly suggested that I consider other data sources i.e literature. The >> idea would be to link the theories I have developed to middle-range >> theories in the literature. I am specifically looking for middle-range >> theories about monetary incentivization and/or literature around >> monetary-related deterrence mechanisms so I can continue an analysis of how >> such theories may apply to this particular context. >> >> So, I wonder if anyone would be able to suggest or point me towards some >> middle range theories out there, which could support my work? >> >> With thanks and kind regards, >> >> Bibiane >> >> >> >> Bibiane Manga >> >> PhD. Student >> Institute of Applied Health Research >> University of Birmingham >> >> Email: [log in to unmask] >> > >