The insightful aspect of quantitative and qualitative research allows a researcher to present a phenomenon to the academic community in an appropriate manner (Venkatesh, Brown, and Bala, 2013). The researcher chooses the best method to present the study to an audience based on things like the type of study to be conducted, the type of data needed for the study, and the amount of resources needed to complete the study. study. Resources include money, people, and arguably the most important resource: time. Additionally, the researcher becomes astute in reviewing other articles using similar methodology, which fall under a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods research design. In this article, the author will focus on five selected qualitative articles. During this focus, the author will summarize a topic, followed by a presentation of the problem, objective, design, and results of the research article. Additionally, Venkatesh et al. (2013) stated that qualitative research helps the reader better understand a phenomenon by articulating a narrative description of the study to the audience. Article 1: Women in Information SecurityTopic SummaryIn an article written by Woszczynski and Shade (2010), a review is presented on how five women who chose a career in information security information (IS) are perceived and how others can help women alleviate barriers to entry into the IS career field. The authors kicked off the discussion by describing a meeting that took place at the White House, when only one woman out of 29 information security academics was summoned to discuss a recent security breach. information (Woszczynski & Shade, 2010). Therein lies the ration...... middle of paper...... M., & Huda Mazumder, M. (2013). Cross-cultural management and organizational performance: a content analysis perspective. International Journal of Business and Management, 8(8), 133-146. doi:10.5539/ijbm.v8n8p133Venkatesh, V., Brown, S.A., & Bala, H. (2013). Bridging the qualitative-quantitative divide: Guidelines for conducting mixed methods research in information systems. MIS Quarterly, 37(1), 21-54. Retrieved from http://www.misq.org/Woszczynski, AB and Shade, S. (2010). A call for IS educators to respond to the voices of women in the field of information security. Journal of Information Systems Education, 21(2), 223-231. Retrieved from http://jise.org/Zinszer, K., Tamblyn, R., Bates, DW, & Buckeridge, DL (2013). A qualitative study of health information technology in the Canadian public health system. BMC Public Health, 13(1), 1-7. do I:10.1186/1471-2458-13-509