Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organizational Research

by Symon, Gillian; Cassell, Catherine; Hallam, Sheffield

• ISBN13: 9780761953517
• ISBN10: 0761953515
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns Ltd

Summary

'The field of qualitative research methods has been an expanding one in recent years with a considerable growth in texts devoted to both philosophical and practical concerns. This book is a useful addition to the latter category. The contributors of this book show a range of responses to the dilemma and in so doing so fulfil the editors' goal of providing a snapshot and an eclectic guide book to the range of qualitative methods currently in use. This book provides an excellent introduction to a number of more unorthodox approaches in qualitative research and will prove to be valuable reading for a wide range of researchers' - Management LearningBringing together a wide range of qualitative methods in organizational research this book shows how they can be used in practice. The diversity of methods provided highlights the range of work issues and environments in which qualitative methods can be applied.A general introduction describes the development, position and value of qualitative approaches in research in organizations. Taking a particular method as its theme, each subsequent chapter then outlines its features while demonstrating its use in organizational research. The text is illustrated with detailed examples and each chapter concludes with an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of its subject.Assembling a group of leading experts in the field, Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organizational Reearch will be an invaluable resource for researchers, students and practitioners in management, organizational behaviour, occupational and organizational psychology, industrial relations and human resource management.

Author Biography

Gillian Symon is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London Catherine Cassell is a lecturer in HRM/Organization Behaviour in the Management School of the University of Sheffield

Table of Contents

Reflections on the Use of Qualitative Methods - Gillian Symon and Catherine Cassell

Life Histories - Gill Musson

Analytic Induction - Phil Johnson

Critical Incident Technique - Elizabeth Chell

Attributional Coding - Jo Silvester

Qualitative Research Diaries - Gillian Symon

Template Analysis - Nigel King

The Use of Stories - Yiannis Gabriel

Conversation Analysis - Dalvir Samra-Fredericks

Pictorial Representation - David Stiles

Soft Systems Analysis - Chris Clegg and Susan Walsh

Approaching Observation - Joe Nason and David Golding