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PLEASE NOTE: When you click 'Reply' to any message it will be sent to all RAMESES List members. If you only want to reply to the sender please remove [log in to unmask] from the 'To:' section of your email. Dear RAMESESIANS, I'm working on a project where we are looking at commissioning relationships with not-for-profit organisations. We are using an overarching realist approach for the study, aiming to explaining how commissioning relationships work, for whom, in what circumstances, and why. Something which we're hoping to do is to use formal/substantive theory to support the research (either in terms of providing 'clues' to help with developing data collection instruments), or in analysis/understanding the data. So far, candidate substantive theories proposed include: strategic action fields, actor/network theory, Bourdieu's theory of habitus and the field and resource dependency theory. (We're a mixed group of social scientists, sociologists, health services researchers, health services management researchers.) So, two questions: If you've seen this done (using substantive theory to support design or analysis // theory building and refining) would you share the reference or your experiences? Does it matter if the formal theory is not 'realist' in its ontology and epistemology? i.e. can we be promiscuous in theory choosing, so long as it suits our purposes, or does there need to be congruence? Look forward to hearing from you, Thanks, Becky ________________________________ [http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/images/email_footer.gif]<http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/worldclass> This email and any files with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient then copying, distribution or other use of the information contained is strictly prohibited and you should not rely on it. If you have received this email in error please let the sender know immediately and delete it from your system(s). Internet emails are not necessarily secure. While we take every care, University of Plymouth accepts no responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan emails and their attachments. University of Plymouth does not accept responsibility for any changes made after it was sent. Nothing in this email or its attachments constitutes an order for goods or services unless accompanied by an official order form. To UNSUBSCRIBE please see: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/subscribers/faq.html#join