Data collection will consist of in-depth semi-structured interviews with six individuals
who met the criteria. Each participant will be interviewed once with the possibility of a follow
up phone call for clarification or expansion of a thought or view expressed by the participant.
All questions will be open-ended and will be asked in a non-leading neutral manner that allows
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the participants to express themselves in their own words. (See Appendix D for an outline of the
primary and possible follow up questions.)
In the interviews, the participants will be asked a line of questioning that will describe
their experience with working with Western businesses: