Longitudinal Field Research Methods

by Huber, George P.; Van De Ven, Andrew H.

• ISBN13: 9780803970915
• ISBN10: 0803970919
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-02
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

The use of longitudinal field research methods is fundamental to understanding the dynamics of organizational life and to developing and testing theories of organizational adaptation, change, innovation and redesign.This book focuses on both the design and conduct of longitudinal research in the field and on the methods used to analyze and interpret process patterns in longitudinal data. The contributors discuss a wide range of methodological issues including: ethnographic methods; longitudinal and comparative case studies; event history analysis; and real-time tracking of events. They also address various procedures that can be used to tabulate, code and interpret both quantitative and qualitative data collected in the field.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Longitudinal Field Research Methods for Studying Processes of Organization Change - Stephen R Barley

Images of Imaging

Notes on Doing Longitudinal Field Work - Dorothy Leonard-Barton

A Dual Methodology for Case Studies

Synergistic Use of a Longitudinal Single Site with Replicated Multiple Sites - Kathleen M Eisenhardt

Building Theories from Case Study Research - Andrew M Pettigrew

Longitudinal Field Research on Change

Theory and Practice - William H Glick et al

Studying Changes in Organizational Design and Effectiveness

Retrospective Event Histories and Periodic Assessments - Andrew H Van de Ven and Marshall Scott Poole

Methods for Studying Innovation Development in the Minnesota Innovation Research Program - Robert D McPhee

Alternate Approaches to Integrating Longitudinal Case Studies - Andrew Abbott

A Primer of Sequence Methods - Rajiv Sabherwal and Daniel Robey

An Empirical Taxonomy of Implementation Processes Based on Sequences of Events in Information System Development - Peter R Monge

Theoretical and Analytical Issues in Studying Organizational Processes - Alan D Meyer, James B Goes and Geoffrey R Brooks

Organizations Reacting to Hyperturbulence