Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods on Human Resource Management

Edited by Keith Townsend, Professor of Human Resources and Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Rebecca Loudoun, Associate Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia and David Lewin, Neil H. Jacoby Professor Emeritus of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, US

'The editors of this compelling volume insist that contemporary HRM scholarship can be as profound and enduring as the classics in the study of work. A revamped vision of qualitative research, aiming to be ''innovative and timeless'', should drive this agenda. The book urges researchers to draw on older disciplines - history, philosophy, psychology, law, ethnography - in new ways and points to the promise of novel methods, from photo-elicitation to cognitive mapping, which could drive HRM research. This is a call to do new things now and old things differently.'--Bradon Ellem, University of Sydney, Australia'Townsend, Loudoun and Lewin have compiled a solid and insightful resource that engages in some very interesting qualitative research methodologies. The contributors assembled in this volume remind us that there is so much more to business and management research than the narrow positivist approaches favoured in many prescriptive business schools. Studies of the world of work and HRM will be much better from consulting this volume.'--Tony Dundon, University of Manchester, UK'This Handbook provides a much-needed fresh perspective on qualitative research methods. The editors and contributors to the book present convincing evidence that qualitative research can be both innovative and timeless when it is well designed and executed. The Handbook reminds us that recent technological developments, from mobile phones to transcription software, facilitate a much wider range of data collection than previously existed. A combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods can be a powerful source of progress in the social sciences. This Handbook is an essential reference for anyone undertaking qualitative research in HRM and will be an inspiration for current and future researchers.'--Russell Lansbury, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia

• Contents:1. Qualitative Research in HRM: Innovation Over StagnationKeith Townsend, Rebecca Loudoun and David LewinSECTION I DESIGNING QUALITATIVE PROJECTS2. The Role of Qualitative Methods in Mixed Methods DesignsRoslyn Cameron3. Anchoring Qualitative Methods for Longitudinal StudiesRebecca Loudoun and Keith Townsend4. Autoethnography: A Novel Way to Study HRMSally SambrookSECTION II INNOVATIONS IN DATA SOURCES5. Using Legal Research Methods in Human Resource Management ResearchRichard Johnstone6. The Use of News Media as a Data Source in HRM Research: Exploring Society’s PerceptionsSheryl Ramsay, Sara Branch and Jacqueline Ewart7. Netnographical Methods and the Challenge of Researching Hidden and Secretive Employee Social Media PracticesJames Richards8. Doing Historical Research in Human Resource Management: With Some Reflections on an Academic CareerPeter Ackers9. Thinking About Philosophical Methods in Human ResourcesKerrie L. Unsworth and Matthew T. HardinSECTION III INNOVATIONS IN DATA COLLECTION METHODS10. An Experiment With ‘The Miracle Question’: An Innovative Data Collection Technique in HR ResearchKeith Townsend11. Using Photo-Elicitation to Understand Experiences of Work-Life BalanceCatherine Cassell, Fatima Malik and Laura Radcliffe12. Using Qualitative Repertory Grid Interviews to Gather Shared Perspectives in a Sequential Mixed Methods Research DesignCéline Rojon, Mark N.K. Saunders and Almuth Mcdowall13. Free Verbal Associations – Measuring What People Think About Employee ParticipationWerner Nienhueser14. Using Qualitative Diaries to Uncover the Complexities of Daily ExperiencesLaura S. Radcliffe15. Autoethnographic Vignettes in HRMMark Learmonth and Michael HumphreysSECTION IV INNOVATIVE DATA ANALYSIS16. Computer Supported Qualitative ResearchJulie Cogin and Ju Li Ng17. Cross-Cultural HRM Research: The Potential of Causal Cognitive MappingGail Clarkson18. Deriving Behavioural Role Descriptions from the Perspectives of Job- Holders: An Illustrative ExampleRichard WinterIndex