Social Science Research

From Field to Desk

AvBarbara Czarniawska

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

This clear, straightforward textbook embraces the practical reality of actually doing fieldwork. It tackles the common problems faced by new researchers head on, offering sensible advice and instructive case studies from the author’s own experience.

Barbara Czarniawska takes us on a master class through the research process, encouraging us to revisit the various facets of the fieldwork research and helping us to reframe our own experiences. Combining a conversational style of writing with an impressive range of empirical examples she takes the reader from planning and designing research to collecting and analyzing data all the way to writing up and disseminating findings.

This is a sophisticated introduction to a broad range of research methods and methodologies; it will be of great interest to anyone keen to revisit social research in the company of an expert guide.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-05-12
Mått:170 x 242 x 11 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9781446293942

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Barbara Czarniawska was Professor of Management Studies at GRI, School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Doctor honoris causa at Stockholm School of Economics, Copenhagen Business School and Helsinki School of Economics, she was a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Royal Engineering Academy, the Royal Society of Art and Sciences in Gothenburg and Societas Scientiarum Finnica. Czarniawska took a feminist and constructionist perspective on organizing, recently exploring the connections between popular culture and practice of management, and the organization of the news production. She was interested in methodology, especially in techniques of fieldwork and in the application of narratology to organization studies.

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Written with much wry humor, the book-which is filled with practical advice, from how to treat sources, to why correct referencing is important-will be as enjoyable for an experienced researcher as it is for a neophyte. Read this book. Recommend it to your students, your colleagues, and your professors. Hats off to Barbara Czarniawska.

Innehållsförteckning

What, why, and how?Reviewing literatureDesigning the studyInterviewingObservation on the move: ShadowingFollowing objects and quasi-objectsTools for fieldworkSurviving in the field: Practicalities and personalitiesExcursions into the cyberspaceAnalysing field materialText analysesWriting it upGood academic writing: Beauty & credibilityWhen to stop, and what to do next