ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the application of several philosophical perspectives, which include the use of mixed-methods studies, provides for more practice-relevant identification and understanding of phenomena. It reviews the related literature on triangulation and continues with the description of the multidimensional approach for philosophical triangulation. The term triangulation is a military term used for surveying, which has been used as a metaphor in social science. The literature on triangulation, regardless of what type of triangulation is used, focuses mostly on reducing bias and increasing the validity of expected phenomena. The literature on theoretical and philosophical triangulation only covers how alternative perspectives can help provide confidence in the accepted hypothesis. The chapter describes a research study that benefited from using a three-point philosophical triangulation to identify new and interesting phenomena that may otherwise have gone unnoticed or considered as methodology-specific phenomena.
