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Defining qualitative management research: an empirical investigation

Johnson, Phil; Buehring, Anna; Cassell, Catherine; … - In: Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: … 2 (2007) 1, pp. 23-42

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of research which explores how the concept qualitative management research is variably constructed and defined by those who have a direct interest in, and influence upon, important aspects of qualitative management research....

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A narrative analysis revealing strategic intent and posture

Landrum, Nancy E. - In: Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: … 3 (2008) 2, pp. 127-145

, unwavering course. Originality/value – The contribution of this paper is the use of organizational narrative as epistemology …

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Advancing a pragmatist epistemology in organisational research

Ruwhiu, Diane; Cone, Malcolm - In: Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: … 5 (2010) 2, pp. 108-126

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the utility of a pragmatist epistemology as a viable methodological …. At the same time, theorisation of a paradigm grounded in a pragmatic epistemology is presented. Design …/methodology/approach – The paper seeks to explore the different assumptions guiding a pragmatist epistemology, based on the development of an …

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The future of qualitative research: unity, fragmentation or pluralism?

Duberley, Joanne - In: Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: … 10 (2015) 4, pp. 340-343

research it is important to re-emphasise the link between epistemology and methodology and recognise that different knowledge …

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Theories of knowledge and focus groups in organization and management research

Coule, Tracey - In: Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: … 8 (2013) 2, pp. 148-162

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to develop a reflexive theoretical framework for thinking about focus groups and critiques dominating instrumental views of the method. It emerges out of dissatisfaction with the literature presenting “how to” guides for focus group research, which...

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The highways and byways of organisation studies: reflections on 30 years of critique

Jackson, Norman; Carter, Pippa - In: Society and Business Review 4 (2009) 2, pp. 133-145

Purpose – One obvious and troubling phenomenon in critical organisation studies (OS) is the lack of impact that the new epistemologies had on organisational practice. After about two decades of demonstrating the biases, poor explanatory power and latent dangers of the orthodoxy, a declining...

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The metric exhaustion of the psychological contract

de Rozario, Pascale - In: Society and Business Review 7 (2012) 1, pp. 65-83

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore epistemic conditions to make a comparative anthropology on contract thinking, regarding what could be defined as normative principles of democracy in organisations. Also to examine the influence of seminal works to contract thinking today, i.e....

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Beyond the business/society dichotomy

Jardat, Rémi - In: Society and Business Review 9 (2014) 2, pp. 112-123

Purpose – This paper aims to look at three management research papers, which are placed in dialogue with Gilbert Simondon’s philosophy. Design/methodology/approach – Notable research articles are subjected to a thorough de-construction and re-construction process, as they are examined...

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Towards a philosophy of organisation sciences

Lamy, Erwan; Bazin, Yoann; Magne, Laurent; Rappin, Baptiste - In: Society and Business Review 9 (2014) 2, pp. 153-165

Purpose – This study aims to investigate a declaration of the principles of the Société de Philosophie des Sciences de Gestion /Society for the Philosophy of Organisation sciences (SPSG). Organisation sciences still need to be questioned and rendered more complex, even mistreated, and the...

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Can critical realism enable a journey from description to understanding in operations and supply chain management?

Rotaru, Kristian; Churilov, Leonid; Flitman, Andrew - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 19 (2014) 2, pp. 117-125

Purpose – The current state of theory-building in the field of operations and supply chain management (OSCM) is in a strong need of rigorous, empirically based theories that enhance understanding of the causal relationships between the structural elements and properties of the business...

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