Qualitative organizational research : core methods and current challenges

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Title:

Author:

Symon, Gillian.

ISBN:

9780857024114

9780857024107

Personal Author:

Symon, Gillian.

Publication Information:

London : SAGE, 2012.

Physical Description:

xvii, 523 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: the context of qualitative organizational research / Gillian Symon -- pt. I The Issues and Challenges of Qualitative Inquiry in Organizational Research -- 2.Philosophies underpinning qualitative research / Catherine Cassell -- 3.Choosing research participants / Mark N.K. Saunders -- 4.Researching your own organization / Susanne Tietze -- 5.Reflexivity in qualitative research / Kathryn Haynes -- 6.Ethical research practice / Robin Holt -- 7.Facilitating the interaction between theory and data in qualitative research using CAQDAS / Eva A. Alfoldi -- 8.Combining qualitative methods / Katrina Pritchard -- 9.Longitudinal research and analysis / Inger Stensaker -- 10.Doing qualitative business and management research in international and intercultural contexts / M.N. Ravishankar -- 11.Writing up as a legitimacy seeking process: alternative publishing recipes for qualitative research / Catherine Welch --

Contents note continued: 12.Assessing qualitative research / Catherine Cassell -- 13.Teaching qualitative research in the business school / Michael Humphreys -- pt. II Core Methods of Qualitative Inquiry in Organizational Research -- 14.Interviews / Karen Lee Ashcraft -- 15.Focus groups / Binna Kandola -- 16.Participatory visual methods / Samantha Warren -- 17.Participant observation / Teresa Oultram -- 18.Autoethnography in organizational research: two tales of two cities / Mark Learmonth -- 19.Practising organizational ethnography / Merlijn van Hulst -- 20.Case studies in organizational research / David A. Buchanan -- 21.Action research / Julie Wolfram Cox -- 22.Using documents in organizational research / Bill Lee -- 23.Grounded theory: a theory building approach / Graham J.J. Kenealy -- 24.Doing template analysis / Nigel King -- 25.Conversation analysis in management research / Timothy Clark -- 26.Discourse analysis and discursive research / Cliff Oswick --

Contents note continued: 27.Narrative analysis / Sally Maitlis.

Abstract:

The Practice of Qualitative Organizational Research contains 27 chapters, each focusing on a specific technique. The first part of the volume looks at contemporary uses of qualitative methods in organizational research, outlining each method and illustrating practical application through case studies. The second part of the volume goes on to consider the broader issues in qualitative methods, examining key contemporary debates in each area as well as providing practical advice for those undertaking organizational research.

Subject Term:

Organizational behavior -- Research -- Methodology.

Organizational sociology -- Research -- Methodology.

Qualitative research.

Added Author:

Cassell, Catherine.

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This comprehensive text brings together in one volume both consideration of the core methods available for undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis, and discussion of common challenges faced by all researchers in conducting qualitative research.

Qualitative Organizational Research: Core Methods and Common Challenges contains 27 chapters, each written by an expert in the area. The first part of the volume considers common challenges in the design and execution of qualitative research, examining key contemporary debates in each area as well as providing practical advice for those undertaking organizational research. The second part of the volume looks at contemporary uses of core qualitative methods in organizational research, outlining each method and illustrating practical application through empirical examples.

Written by internationally renowned experts in qualitative research methods, this text is an accessible and essential resource for students and researchers in the areas of organization studies, business and management research, and organizational psychology.

Key features:

* Coverage of all the key topics in qualitative research

* Chapters written by experts drawing on their personal experiences of using methods

* Introductory chapters outlining the context for qualitative research and the philosophies which underpin it

Gillian Symo n is Reader in Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London.

Catherine Cassell is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Manchester Business School.