ABSTRACT

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art, innovative approaches to qualitative research for organizational scholars. Individual chapters in each area are written by experts in a variety of fields, who have contributed some of the most innovative studies themselves in recent years. An indispensable reference guide to anyone conducting high-impact organizational research, this handbook includes innovative approaches to research problems, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, and application of research findings. The book will be of interest to scholars and graduate students in a wide variety of disciplines, including anthropology, organizational behavior, organizational theory, social psychology, and sociology

part |30 pages

Introduction, History, and Context of Qualitative Methods

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

In Search of Innovative Pathways and Methods in Qualitative Research

chapter |15 pages

Qualitative Research

It Just Keeps Getting More Interesting!

chapter |7 pages

Ups and Downs

Trends in the Development and Reception of Qualitative Methods

part |66 pages

Innovative Research Settings

part |98 pages

Innovative Research Designs

chapter |13 pages

How to Look Two Ways at Once

Research Strategies for Inhabited Institutionalism 1

chapter |12 pages

From What Happened to What Happens

Using Microhistorical Case Studies to Build Grounded Theory in Organization Studies

chapter |13 pages

Accounting for Accounts

Crafting Ethnographic Validity Through Team Ethnography

part |54 pages

Unique Forms of Qualitative Data

part |60 pages

Unique Data Collection Methods

chapter |11 pages

Structural Sampling

A Technique for Illuminating Social Systems

chapter |10 pages

Ethnography Across the Work Boundary

Benefits and Considerations for Organizational Studies

chapter |14 pages

Strategic Conversations

Methods for Data Collection and Analysis

chapter |12 pages

Triangulate and Expand

Using Multiple Sources of Data for Convergence and Expansion to Enrich Inductive Theorizing

chapter |11 pages

“What's Cooking?”

Serendipitous Opportunities and Creative Action in Data Collection

part |112 pages

Innovative Forms of Analysis

chapter |10 pages

Innovation Through Collaboration

Working Together on Data Analysis and Interpretation

chapter |9 pages

Multilevel Discourse Analysis

A Structured Approach to Analyzing Longitudinal Data

chapter |12 pages

Tabula Geminus

A “Both/And” Approach to Coding and Theorizing

chapter |10 pages

Between Text and Context

Innovative Approaches to the Qualitative Analysis of Online Data

chapter |10 pages

Documenting Work

From Participant Observation to Participant Tracing

chapter |10 pages

Worth a Second Look?

Exploring the Power of Post-Mortems on Post-Mortems

part |14 pages

Challenges and Opportunities in Qualitative Methods