Handbook of Qualitative Organizational Research

<p>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</p> <p>Part I: Introduction, History, & Context of Qualitative Methods 1. Introduction: In Search of Innovative Pathways and Methods in Qualitative Research<b> </b><i>Kimberly D. Elsbach and Roderick M. Kramer</i><b> </b>2. Qualitative Research: It Just Keeps Getting More Interesting!<b> </b><i>Sara L. Rynes and Jean M. Bartunek</i><b> </b>3. Ups and Downs: Trends in the Development and Reception of Qualitative Methods<b> </b><i>Michael Mauskapf and Paul Hirsch</i><b> Part II: Innovative Research Settings </b>4. Understanding Organizations from Extreme Cases<b> </b><i>Katherine K. Chen</i><b> </b>5. Contract Ethnography in Corporate Settings: Innovation from Entanglement<b> </b><i>Anne-Laure Fayard, John Van Maanen, and John Weeks</i><b> </b>6. Studying Elites in Institutions of Higher Education<b> </b><i>Scott Snook and Rakesh Khurana</i><b> </b>7. Drawing Fine Lines Behind Bars: Pushing the Boundaries of Researcher Neutrality in Unconventional Contexts <i>Kristie M. Rogers, Madeline Toubiana, and Katherine A. DeCelles</i><b> </b>8. Why is That Interesting? Finding the Meanings of Unexplored Phenomena<b> </b><i>Ian J. Walsh and Jean M. Bartunek</i><b> </b>9. Studying Organizational Fields Through Ethnography<b> </b><i>Tammar B. Zilber</i><b> Part III: Innovative Research Designs </b>10. How to Look Two Ways at Once: Research Strategies for Inhabited Institutionalism<b> </b><i>Michael A. Haedicke and Tim Hallett</i><b> </b>11. Using Qualitative Methods to Track Evolving Entrepreneurial Identities<b> </b><i>Philip Anderson</i><b> </b>12. From What Happened To What Happens: Using Microhistorical Case Studies to Build Grounded Theory in Organization Studies<b> </b><i>Andrew Hargadon</i><b> </b>13. Immersion Ethnography of Elites<b> </b><i>Brooke Harrington</i><b> </b>14. Accounting for Accounts: Crafting Ethnographic Validity through Team Ethnography <i>Joelle Evans, Ruthanne Huising, and Susan S. Silbey</i><b> </b>15. Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Opportunities for Case-Based Research<b> </b><i>Reut Livne-Tarandach, Benjamin Hawbaker, Brooke Lahneman, and Candace Jones</i><b> </b>16. Leveraging Comparative Field Data for Theory Generation<b> </b><i>Beth A. Bechky and Siobhan O’Mahony</i><b> </b>17. Crafting and Selecting Research Questions and Contexts in Qualitative Research<b> </b><i>Michael G. Pratt</i><b> </b>18. A Practice Approach to the Study of Social Networks<b> </b><i>Maria Christina Binz-Scharf</i><b> Part IV: Unique Forms of Qualitative Data </b>19. Denials, Obstructions, and Silences: Lessons from Repertoires of Field Resistance (and Embrace)<b> </b><i>Michel Anteby</i><b> </b>20. The Aesthetics of Data: Qualitative Analysis of Visual and Other Non-Textual Forms of Data <i>Simona Giorgi and Mary Ann Glynn</i><b> </b>21. Leveraging Archival Data from Online Communities for Grounded Process Theorizing<b> </b><i>Natalia Levina and Emmanuelle Vaast</i><b> </b>22. Analyzing Visual Rhetoric In Organizational Research <i>Lianne Lefsrud, Heather Graves, and Nelson Phillips</i><b> </b>23. Markers, Metaphors, and Meaning: Drawings As a Visual and Creative Qualitative Research Methodology in Organizations<b> </b><i>Sarah J. Tracy and Shawna Malvani Redden</i><b> Part V: Unique Data Collection Methods</b> 24. Structural Sampling: A Technique for Illuminating Social Systems <i>Sonali K. Shah and Andreea Gorbati</i><b> </b>25. Ethnography Across the Work Boundary: Benefits and Considerations for Organizational Studies<b> </b><i>Melissa Mazmanian, Christine M. Beckman, and Ellie Harmon</i><b> </b>26. Strategic Conversations: Methods for Data Collection and Analysis<b> </b><i>Christina Kyprianou, Melissa E. Graebner, and Violina Rindova</i><b> </b>27. Triangulate and Expand: Using Multiple Sources of Data for Convergence and Expansion to Enrich Inductive Theorizing<b> </b><i>Elizabeth D. Rouse and Spencer H. Harrison</i><b> </b>28. "What’s Cooking?" Serendipitous Opportunities and Creative Action in Data Collection<b> </b><i>Silviya Svejenova</i><b> Part VI: Innovative Forms of Analysis </b>29. Adventures in Qualitative Research<b> </b><i>Connie J.G. Gersick</i><b> </b>30. Concept Mapping as a Methodical and Transparent Data Analysis Process<b> </b><i>Peter Balan, Eva Balan-Vnuk, Mike Metcalfe, and Noel Lindsay</i><b> </b>31. Innovation through Collaboration: Working Together on Data Analysis and Interpretation <i>Kevin G. Corley, Courtney R. Masterson, and Beth S. Schinoff</i><b> </b>32. Multi-level Discourse Analysis: A Structured Approach to Analyzing Longitudinal Data<b> </b><i>Steven J. Kahl and Stine Grodal</i><b> </b>33. "Tabula Geminus": A "Both/And" Approach to Coding and Theorizing<b> </b><i>Glen E. Kreiner</i><b> </b>34. Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as Descriptive Numerical Method in Support of Narrative Methods<b> </b><i>Rodney Lacey and Lisa Cohen</i><b> </b>35. Discovery, Validation and Live Coding <i>Karen Locke, Martha S. Feldman, and Karen Golden-Biddle</i><b> </b>36. Between Text and Context: Innovative Approaches to the Qualitative Analysis of Online Data<b> </b><i>Anca Metiu and Anne-Laure Fayard</i><b> </b>37. Documenting Work: From Participant Observation to Participant Tracing<b> </b><i>Carsten Østerlund, Jaime Snyder, Steve Sawyer, Sarika Sharma, and Matt Willis</i><b> </b>38. The Journey from Data to Qualitative Inductive Paper: Who Helps and How? <i>Špela Trefalt and Marya L. Besharov</i><b> </b>39. Worth a Second Look? Exploring the Power of Post-Mortems on Post-Mortems<b> </b><i>Roderick M. Kramer</i><b> Part VII: Multi-Methods Approaches </b>40. Mixing Quantitative and Qualitative Research <i>Sarah Kaplan</i><b> </b>41. Counting Qualitative Data<b> </b><i>Chad Michael McPherson and Michael Sauder</i><b> </b>42. Combining Qualitative Methods to Study Collective Cognition in Organizations <i>Ileana Stigliani and Davide Ravasi</i><b> </b>43. Highlights of the Hybrid Method<b> </b><i>Charles Galunic</i><b> Part VIII: Challenges and Opportunities in Qualitative Methods </b>44. Confessions of a Mad Ethnographer<b> </b><i>Stephen R. Barley</i></p>