Qualitative Organizational Research Best Papers from the Davis Conference on Qualitative Research Volume 2 (PB)

A volume in Qualitative Organization ResearchSeries Editor(s): Jean M. Bartunek Boston College; Kimberly D. ElsbachUniversity of California - Davis and John A. Wagner Michigan State UniversityOver the past ten years the Davis Conference on Qualitative Research hasbecome the world's leading conference for qualitative researchers inorganizational studies. The authors of the Best Presentation Awards at the Davis Conference from the past fouryears have contributed chapters to this volume. These papers cover topics ranging from organizational namechanges and organizational afterlife to the use of written letters to build relationships and the use of a creativefoil to improve one's leadership image. Yet all of these papers are similar in that they benefited from thecommunity of over 100 scholars developed through the Davis Conference and represent qualitative research atits very best.