Johan Alvehus is Professor of Service Studies at Lund University, Sweden. His research centers on management and leadership in professional service organizations, with a special focus on questions of power. He has published in Leadership, Organization Studies, Organization Theory, Journal of Professions and Organizations, and Human Resource Management Journal, among others. He also publishes extensively on methodology and academic writing. His most recent books are The Logic of Professionalism (Bristol University Press) and Crafting Your Thesis (Routledge).

• Preface PART I Introduction 1. Introduction 2. Problem for whom? PART II Four different approaches3. The gap approach 4. The grounded approach 5. The mystery approach 6. The actor approachPart III Conclusion 7. The role of the problem formulation in a thesis References

Johan Alvehus is Professor of Service Studies at Lund University, Sweden. His research centers on management and leadership in professional service organizations, with a special focus on questions of power. He has published in Leadership, Organization Studies, Organization Theory, Journal of Professions and Organizations, and Human Resource Management Journal, among others. He also publishes extensively on methodology and academic writing. His most recent books are The Logic of Professionalism (Bristol University Press) and Crafting Your Thesis (Routledge).

• Preface PART I Introduction 1. Introduction 2. Problem for whom? PART II Four different approaches3. The gap approach 4. The grounded approach 5. The mystery approach 6. The actor approachPart III Conclusion 7. The role of the problem formulation in a thesis References