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The contents of the book are organized in a way that reflects the three main objectives that the authors had in mind. The first objective was to provide readers with the necessary background knowledge and an awareness of the questions they will need to address in order to make informed decisions about whether to conduct qualitative research and if they decide to follow a qualitative path, which particular qualitative approach(es) would be suited to their research goals. The second objective was to equip readers with the basic tools to carry out their analysis by providing detailed, contextualized coverage of the practicalities of the qualitative methods/approaches. In addition, the book includes accounts of an actual analysis of a specific data set in a step-by-step manner using the approaches. The third objective was to provide the reader with guidance as to how to write up qualitative research in general and the ethical considerations of qualitative inquiry in the concluding chapter.
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Dr. Salma Seth is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology of Vivekananda College, University of Delhi (India). She has been involved in bridging the theory-praxis distance with the students for more than two decades now. All her endeavors, be it the teaching assignments, research, idiosyncratic writings, extension activities, and administrative work has been by and large pupil-centric. She is, also, utilizing her acumen in supervising Ph.d. scholars in their research in psychology.
Dr. Seth was the co-editor of the Journal of Positive Psychology and is one of the editors of the book, “The Psychological Realm: An Introduction”. She has written a few book chapters, book reviews, and research papers that have been published in both national and international journals. She has been closely associated with the e-pg Pathshala project, an innovative teaching-learning initiative of MHRD and UGC. She was the paper coordinator and content writer of 30 interactive modules for the post-graduate students at the national level.
In the traditional set-up, with its emphasis on the subject matter, examinations, and grades, Dr. Seth is making a humble attempt to create an interface with a place for the “becoming” person and the students' deep and manifold needs as the student struggles to fulfill her self.
Prof. Dr. N.K Chadha is a Professor and Dean, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences; former Director and Head, Department of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension; and Chairman, Board of Research Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi. For five consecutive years, he was on the panel of Judges for the Prime Minister's Trophy for the Steel Industries and the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. He was the senior consultant to UNDP on Career Development.
Professor Chadha has been teaching in the Department of Psychology, at the University of Delhi since 1982. He has authored several books which are referred to as textbooks in many universities in India and abroad at undergraduate, postgraduate, and research levels. Some of the publications are 'Aging and the Aged - A Challenge to Indian Gerontology (Friends Publications), 'Think Before Getting Grey' (Shri Sai Printographers), 'Recruitment and Selection (Galgotia), 'Organisational Behaviour' (Galgotia), 'Applied Psychometry' (Sage), 'Human Resource Development' (Shri Sai Printographers), 'Socia Psychology' (McMillan), 'The Psychological Releam' (Pinnacle Learning), 'Counselling Skills Knowing Self and Others' (The Readers Paradise), 'Art and Science of Parenting' (Art of Success). He has also co-authored the book with John Van Willigen, University of Kentucky, US entitled 'Social Aging in A Delhi Neighbourhood'. He has been conducting many ongoing research projects with foreign universities and has carried out a number of major interdisciplinary and collaborative projects. He has published more than 120 articles in various scientific National and International Journals which are often quoted by other researchers. He is on the management bodies of many institutes in India and abroad. He was invited by the UN to attend an expert group meeting at UN headquarter on family issues.
He has traveled extensively and lectured in the UK, USA, Spain, Hungary, Sweden, Malta, Germany, France, Canada, New Zeeland, Australia, Singapore, Taipei, Japan, and South Africa. He is involved in the development of standardized psychological tests for many Multinational companies and Public sector companies for the purpose of recruitment and selection of middle and higher management levels. He is one of the leading psychometricians in India and his book on Applied Psychometry is widely used by the students and practitioners of psychological assessment.
Recently Prof. Chadha has been awarded the National Career Development Association Presidential recognition award on the 28th of June 2017 Orlando, USA, and “Global Practitioner of the Year-2015” on the 30th of June 2015 during the annual conference held in Denver, USA.
He received the Life Time Achievement Award by the Asia Pacific Career Development Association during its annual meeting held on the 22nd of May 2019, in Vietnam. Now, he has taken the responsibilities of President of the International Career Coach Association, USA.
Dr. Harpreet Bhatia is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Psychology at Keshav Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi. She completed her Ph.D. with a specialization in Clinical Psychology. During her Ph.D., she constructed the Family Environment Scale which is presently quite widely used.
She had a keen interest in several fields which include clinical psychology, developmental psychology, counseling, Positive Psychology, and Career Development. She enjoys research and has been part of UNICEF, ICMR, and UNIFEM projects. She was also the Principal Investigator (PI) of the University-sponsored Innovation Project related to the well-being and enhancing coping in the elderly.
She had an experience of 23 years as a counselor and therapist and a teaching experience of more than a decade. In the course of her work, she has also conducted as well as attended several workshops, and presented papers at both national and international conferences and seminars.
She has 5 books to her credit and had been a co-editor of the Journal of Positive Psychology. She has also contributed chapters to several books.
