According to Bryman and Bell (2003: 480) the argument against multi-strategy
research methods essentially rests on two arguments. Firstly, research methods carry
epistemological commitments. The embedded nature of methods is such that they are
inexorably connected to the views of the world from the paradigm from which they
originate. This ‘paradigm incommensurability thesis’ suggests that researchers must
choose the rules under which they undertake research based on the fundamental
assumptions that they bring to their enquiry (Mingers, 1997: 13). Thus, seeking to
understand a practitioner’s perspective on a situation is consistent with interpretivism,