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This comprehensive text brings together in one volume both consideration of the core methods available for undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis, and discussion of common challenges faced by all researchers in conducting qualitative research.

Qualitative Organizational Research: Core Methods and Common Challenges contains 27 chapters, each written by an expert in the area. The first part of the volume considers common challenges in the design and execution of qualitative research, examining key contemporary debates in each area as well as providing practical advice for those undertaking organizational research. The second part of the volume looks at contemporary uses of core qualitative methods in organizational research, outlining each method and illustrating practical application through empirical examples.

Written by 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, business and management research, and organizational psychology.

Key features:

• Coverage of all the key topics in qualitative research

• Chapters written by experts drawing on their personal experiences of using methods

• Introductory chapters outlining the context for qualitative research and the philosophies which underpin it

Gillian Symon is Reader in Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London.

Catherine Cassell is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Manchester Business School.

Introduction: The Context of Qualitative Organizational Research - Catherine Cassell and Gillian Symon
PART ONE: THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF QUALITATIVE INQUIRY IN ORGANIZATIONS
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
PART TWO: CORE METHODS OF QUALITATIVE INQUIRY IN ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH
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