Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: Volume 3 Issue 1

Organizing: how to study it and how to write about it

Barbara Czarniawska

The purpose of this paper is to review emerging approaches to field studies of organizing that aim to avoid the problems of traditional methods and techniques.

Competitive advantage as a legitimacy‐creating process

Gina Grandy, David Wicks

The purpose of this paper is to explore how small firms in the tattooing industry actively shape institutional expectations of value for consumers in a changing industry.

The “I”, the “me” and the “you know”: identifying identities in organisations

Nancy Harding

“Identity” is of major interest in organisation studies, but as identity is concerned very much with subjectivity it is difficult to explore it empirically. The purpose of this…

Boundary work as inner and outer dialogue: dieticians in Sweden

Ewa Wikström

This purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which one occupational group used boundary work to increase their influence and power with more influential occupational…

Cultural revitalisation: The importance of acknowledging the values of an organization's “golden era” when promoting work‐life balance

Samantha J. Callan

The purpose of this paper is to challenge the notion that culture change programmes will inevitably gain support from employees by exploring ways in which policy implementation is…

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