Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: Volume 13 Issue 4

Embracing qualitative research: an act of strategic essentialism

Raza Mir

The purpose of this paper is to argue that rather than contest the artificial schism produced by social scientists between “qualitative” and “quantitative” research, we should to…

Accounting for the messiness of the research process: the fieldpath approach

Perttu Salovaara

It has recently become more acknowledged that there is a quality of “messiness” to the qualitative research process. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the fieldpath…

Getting lost to be found: the insider–outsider paradoxes in relational ethnography

Roland Yeo, Sue Dopson

The purpose of this paper is to draw on the direct experience of a practitioner undertaking real-time research in his organization to offer insights into the dual role of…

“On slippery ground” – beyond the innocence of collaborative knowledge production

Birgitte Ravn Olesen, Helle Merete Nordentoft

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the ethical complexity and dilemmas, which arise in the co-production of knowledge between researchers and other participants.

Standardization for patient safety in a hospital department: killing butterflies with a musket?

Jette Ernst, Astrid Jensen Schleiter

The purpose of this paper is to look at the ways in which standardization for patient safety is approached from different positions in the field, namely nurses and managers in a…

“(Not) forever talk”: restaurant employees managing occupational stigma consciousness

Amanda Michiko Shigihara

The purpose of this paper is to examine restaurant employees’ engagement in identity work to manage occupational stigma consciousness.

Towards social reflexivity: relational learning and academic rationality

Edvalter Becker Holz

The purpose of this paper is to expand upon prior debates on reconceptualising reflexivity in order to encompass research communities and prospective thinking, based upon an…