Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: Volume 4 Issue 1

The indirect approach of semi‐focused groups: Expanding focus group research through role‐playing

Frederic Bill, Lena Olaison

The purpose of this paper is to present an alternative way of using focus groups in research – a role‐play‐enhanced focus group method – in which participants are presented with…

Ethical confessions of the “I” of autoethnography: the student's dilemma

Clair Doloriert, Sally Sambrook

This paper aims to draw attention to a unique paradox concerning doing an autoethnography as a PhD. On the one hand, a student may feel a pull towards revealing a vulnerable…

Strong emotions at work

Gail Whiteman, Thaddeus Müller, John M. Johnson

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the emotional experiences from qualitative research can enrich organization and management studies.

Career stories of women professional accountants: Examining the personal narratives of career using Simone de Beauvoir's feminist existentialist philosophy as a theoretical framework

Peggy Wallace

The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of Simone de Beauvoir's feminist existentialist philosophy in an empirical research study concerned with the career choices of…

Reflexivity in the co‐production of academic‐practitioner research

Kevin Orr, Mike Bennett

The purpose of this paper is to offer a reflexive account of the co‐production of a qualitative research project with the aim of illuminating the relationships between research…

Introduction to special issue - “Telling Tales”

Ann L. Cunliffe, Stephen Linstead, Karen Locke