CONTENT ANALYSIS2Qualitative methodsCommon themesOne of the most obvious things to be observed when you read through the interviews is that both participant 1 and participant 2's interviews were conducted in their offices. This seems to me like a common theme which seems to hold a meaningful value to the interviewer. The logical reasoning behind this approach is that interviewees tend to be repulsed by the setting that is usually typical of most interviews (Jones & Risi, 2015). Having a panel of stern-faced interviewers with all eyes on you can have an intimidating effect on an interviewee hence the idea of a more personalized, one on one interview with a single interviewer can bring about the notion of more confidence and security. Conducting the interviews for both participant 1 and 2 intheir offices ensured that they felt secure and in the comfort of the familiar environment. Coding is usually a prolonged and expensive practice, especially if a researcher is using full transcribing processes (Huberman & Saldana, 2013). For this research, I used partial transcription where instead of rewriting the whole interview, I used partial transcription which is writing down a summary which has well-elaborated details answering all the questions. This summary shows another theme that seemed to show great importance to the researcher, which is the hierarchy theme. The researcher asks both participant 1 and two about the structure of the chain of command at their workplace by telling them to describe how power is distributed along the chain of command. He goes ahead to ask the participants on how easy or difficult it is to get access- whether verbal or written, to the mid-level management and senior-level management. The researcher gets information on the overall quality of leadership at the company by asking both participant 1 and two about how they felt about approaching the management about issues facing them at the workplace whether positive or negative.

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