The Routledge Companion to Qualitative Research in Organization Studies

"This volume brings together an impressive group of qualitative scholars and thoughtful perspectives on how to do high quality research. The numerous examples from published and ongoing research provide a useful resource for organizational scholars and other social scientists. I am eager to use this volume in my research and teaching." Martha S. Feldman, University of California, Irvine, USA "Mir and Jain have put together an exciting and informative text. The chapters cover a range of topics from valuable reflections on tried and tested methods by experienced qualitative researchers to innovative approaches to drive the use of qualitative methods forwards. I expect that this text will be a key resource for all levels of researchers interested in developing an informed use of qualitative research methods." Paula Jarzabkowski, University of London, UK "This is a breath of fresh air, reflecting the spirit of our times, in which qualitative researchers are not so much required to defend the validity of their research as to keep reflecting on what they do in order to reconsider their premises, update their methods, and refine their understandings. Mir and Jain have put together a well-thought out, multivocal collection of chapters, ranging from the philosophical underpinnings of qualitative research to methodologies, contexts of application, and personal reflections, which will be useful to all practitioners of qualitative research, new and seasoned, alike." Haridimos Tsoukas, University of Warwick, UK and University of Cyprus, Cyprus "This extraordinary collection of papers on qualitative research methods is remarkable for both its quality and its breadth. Its papers appropriately encompass attention to rigor and to artistry in qualitative research. Setting the stage with the historical perspectiveseminal research across fields from biology to psychiatry was qualitative in naturethe book goes on to provide sophisticated and practical insights into such topics as the use of single cases, the role of context, sources of inspiration, and navigating publication." Amy C. Edmondson, Harvard Business School, USA

Raza Mir is the Seymour Hyman Professor of Management at William Paterson University, USA. He is also the co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies, published in 2015. Sanjay Jain is Assistant Professor of Management at the Nazarian College of Business at California State UniversityNorthridge, USA.

Embracing a Constructed Boundary: Mapping Qualitative Research in Organizational Studies Raza Mir and Sanjay Jain Part I: Theories Philosophical Foundations of Qualitative Organizational Research Cristina Neesham Critical Approaches to Qualitative Research Thomas Greckhamer Doing Feminist Research Qualitatively: A Review Of What Interpretive Feminist Research Means Today Marleen van der Haar Qualitative Management Research in the Shadow of Imperialism: Some Elementary Remarks on its Othering Processes from a Muslim Perspective Farzad Rafi Khan Part II: Traditions Challenge of Rigor in Theory-Building from Multiple Case Research Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Timothy E. Ott Single Cases: The What, Why and How Pinar Ozcan, Suho Han, and Melissa E. Graebner Clios Toolkit: Historical Methods Beyond Theory Building from Cases Dan Wadhwani and Stephanie Decker Stories as Social Action: Rethinking Narrative Studies of Organizing Tammar B. Zilber Bricolage in the Field: Experimenting With Different Forms of Ethnography Anne-Laure Fayard Innovations in Organizational Ethnography: Being Them, Even without Trying Alexandra Michel Ethnography as Writing: How Creative Nonfiction Can Inspire Organizational Ethnographers Chahrazad Abdallah Ethnographic Images of Work: Lessons from Journalism Jinia Mukerjee and Anca Metiu Part III: Contexts Studying Organizational Cultural Repertoires Davide Ravasi, Violina Rindova, and Elena Dalpiaz Qualitative Approaches for Studying Innovation as Process Raghu Garud, Hans Berends, and Philipp Tuertscher Whatddya' Know? Qualitative Methods in Entrepreneurship Ted Baker, Erin Powell, and Andrew E. F. Fultz Doing Qualitative Research on Emerging Fields and Markets Nina Granqvist, Galina Kallio, and Heli Nissil Methodological Guidelines in the Study of Materiality and Affordances Paul Leonardi Working, Being, and Researching in Place: A Mixed Methodological Approach for Understanding Digital Experiences Ingrid Erickson Methods and Challenges of Conducting Research in Subsistence Environments Srinivas Sridharan Part IV: Journeys "Blinded by the Light" or "Seeing the Light"? Journeys of Positivist Scholars into Qualitative Inquiry Glen Kreiner, Derron Bishop and Aparna Joshi Appreciating Emergence and Serendipity in Qualitative Research: Resisting the Urge to Follow Set Plans Rene Wiedner and Shaz Ansari Reporting After the Summit: Getting Ethnographic Research into Print Katherine Chen Reasoning with Qualitative Data: Balancing a Theoretical Contribution Saku Mantere Standing on [transparent] shoulders: Applying open source approaches to qualitative management research Andrew Nelson Part V: Frontiers and Reflections Engaging with the Visual: Opportunities for Qualitative Organizational Researchers Catherine Cassell Building Grounded Theory with Social Media Data Emmanuelle Vaast and Cathy Urquhart Network Models of Organizational Routines: Tracing Associations between Actions Brian T. Pentland and Peng Liu Rewriting the Publishing Narrative for Grounded Theory Building Deborah Dougherty The Long, Hard Road to Legitimacy for Qualitative Research: A Personal-Professional Journey Denny Gioia Blind Alleys and Untold Stories in Qualitative Research Ann Langley