Integrative review of integral, mixed and creative methods research approaches to currency innovation and its impact - through 102 articles published in the International Journal of Community Currency Research from 1997 to 2013 as a preliminary study

Place, Christophe (2022) Integrative review of integral, mixed and creative methods research approaches to currency innovation and its impact - through 102 articles published in the International Journal of Community Currency Research from 1997 to 2013 as a preliminary study. In: 6th Biennial RAMICS International Congress in Bulgaria: Complementary Currency Systems Bridging Communities, 27-29 October 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

I was surprised to discover that not one-eighth (12.7%) as previously found in 2013 but five-seventh (69.6%) of its articles were actually dealing with currency impact assessment—of which one-third (33.8%) were a positive impact and seven-eighth (88.7%) were aiming at sustainable development objectives. Moreover, all 102 articles investigated currencies involving 2.55 of the 5 pillars of sustainable development and targeting 4.66 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals—confirming what was already suspected about them. Finally, one-nineth (11.8%) used at least one of these meta-theoretical paradigms; one-third (34.3%) used a ‘mixed methods’ research; one-half (47.1%) used some ‘creative research’ methods excluding ‘mixed methods’ research; and three-fifth (60.8%) used more than one methodological family—for an average of 1.78 of these 8 methodological families for all 102 articles. Knowing that authors came from some 16 different disciplines.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Departments:	Institute of Business, Industry and Leadership > Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS)
Additional Information:	Christopher Place, doctoral researcher at the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS), University of Cumbria, UK.
Depositing User:	Anna Lupton
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2023 14:53
Last Modified:	25 Jan 2024 11:00
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/7196

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