Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Road Map from Beginning to End

List of TablesList of FiguresList of AppendicesForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPart I. Taking Charge of Yourself and Your WorkChapter 1. A Complete Dissertation: The Big PictureChapter 2. Gearing Up: There is Method in the MadnessChapter 3. Choosing a Qualitative Research ApproachChapter 4. A First Step: Developing Your ProposalPart II. Content and Process: A Chapter-By-Chapter Road MapChapter 5. Introduction to Your StudyChapter 6. Developing and Presenting Your Literature ReviewChapter 7. Presenting Methodology and Research ApproachChapter 8. Analyzing Data and Reporting FindingsChapter 9. Analyzing and Interpreting FindingsChapter 10. Drawing Trustworthy Conclusions and Presenting Actionable RecommendationsPart III. Nearing CompletionChapter 11. Some Final Technical ConsiderationsChapter 12. Defense PreparationAfterwordAppendicesReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index

Linda Dale Bloomberg is former adjunct faculty in adult learning and leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. As senior researcher for the South African Human Sciences Research Council and National Institute for Personnel Research, Dr. Bloomberg's work focused on change management, diversity initiatives, and enhanced workplace learning. She currently teaches qualitative research in graduate programs, serves as dissertation advisor, and also serves as consultant to various research, higher education, and nonprofit advisory boards. She is founder of Bloomberg Associates and ILIAD (Institute for Learning Innovations and Adult Development), and a cofounder of Columbia University's Global Learning and Leadership Institute. She has authored and edited numerous publications in the fields of organizational evaluation, qualitative research, leadership development, adult learning, and distance education, including 100 Questions (and Answers) About a Qualitative Dissertation (Sage, 2016). She is currently working on Executive Coaching: Supporting Adult Development and Implications for Learning and Leadership. Dr. Bloomberg holds master's degrees in counseling psychology, organizational psychology, and Jewish education. In 2006 she received her doctorate in adult education and organizational learning from Columbia University.

I would definitely recommend the Bloomberg and Volpe text to students preparing a thesis or a dissertation because it provides such clear, practical guidelines and examples. It is the best guide I have read. --Sharon Piety-Nowell