The purpose of this chapter was to highlight the methods that were used to
examine the concept of communication competence within the context of Thai
employment interviews. This chapter demonstrated the research methods—an
interview method and a factor analysis method—used in this study. Specifically, a
detailed description of the rationales for using these two methods, the means of
participant recruitment, the description of participants, the research procedures, and
the data analysis techniques were provided. The remaining chapters will present the
results of the data analysis, the conclusion and implications concerning the results,
and finally the suggestions for the future studies which are related to or based on this
dissertation