Qualitative Organizational Research Best Papers From the Davis Conference on Qualitative Research Volume 3

A volume in Qualitative Organizational Research Series Editors: Jean M. Bartunek Kimberly D. Elsbach and John A. Wagner. The Davis Conference on Organizational Research held for the last 15 years is the world's leading conference for qualitative researchers in organizational studies. Scholars receiving the Best presentation awards at the Davis Conference for the past 6 years have contributed chapters to this volume.These papers explore social relationships in organizations and work and cover a diverse set of topics ranging from boundary spanning in collaboration and teamwork to embodied competence at work and beliefs about availability among professionals. Yet all the papers are similar in that they benefited from the community of over 150 scholars developed through the Davis Conference and represent qualitative research at its very best.