Qualitative organizational research : core methods and current challenges / Gillian Symon and Catherine Cassell.

This comprehensive text brings together in one volume the range of methods available for undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis. 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. Written by Gillian Symon and Catherine Casse 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, management research and organizational psychology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The context of qualitative organizational research / Catherine Cassell and Gillian Symon -- Philosophies underpinning qualitative research / Joanne Duberley, Phil Johnson and Catherine Cassell -- Choosing research participants / Mark Saunders -- Researching your own organization / Suzanne Tietze -- Reflexivity in qualitative research / Kathryn Haynes -- Ethical research practice / Robin Holt -- Facilitating the interaction between theory and data in qualitative research using CAQDAS / Rudolf R. Sinkovics and Eva A. Alfoldi --Combining qualitative methods / Katrina Pritchard -- Longitudinal research and analysis / Ann Langley and Inger Stensaker -- Doing qualitative business and management research in international and intercultural contexts / Laurie Cohen and M.N. Ravishankar -- Writing up as a legitimacy-seeking process : Alternative publishing recipes for qualitative research / Joep Cornelissen, Hanna Gajewska-de Mattos, Rebecca Piekkari and Catherine Welch -- Assessing qualitative research / Gillian Symon and Catherine Cassell -- Teaching qualitative research in the business school / Mark Learmonth and Mike Humphreys -- Interviews / Mats Alvesson and Karen Ashcraft -- Focus groups / Binna Kandola -- Participatory visual methods / Russ Vince and Sam Warren -- Participant observation / Matthew J. Brannan and Teresa Oultram -- Autoethnography in organizational research : Two tales of two cities / Michael Humphreys and Mark Learmonth -- Practising organizational ethnography / Dvora Yanow, Sierk Ybema and Merlijn van Hulst -- Case studies in organizational research / David A. Buchanan -- Action research / Julie Wolfram Cox -- Using documents in organizational research / Bill Lee -- Grounded Theory : A theory-building approach / Graeme J.J. Keneally -- Doing template analysis / Nigel King -- Conversation analysis in management research / David Greatbatch and Timothy Clark -- Discourse analysis and discursive research / Cliff Oswick -- Narrative Analysis / Sally Maitlis.