The future of qualitative research: unity, fragmentation or pluralism?

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Duberley
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Publishing Research ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Willingness To Accept ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that in order to maintain the legitimacy of qualitative management research it is important to re-emphasise the link between epistemology and methodology and recognise that different knowledge-constituting assumptions can underpin what might on the surface seem to be very similar methodologies. This means that the ways in which any research is evaluated needs to be tied explicitly to the underlying philosophical assumptions at play and those involved in undertaking, judging and publishing research need to show increased awareness in the philosophical assumptions which underpin their judgements of research quality and a willingness to accept difference. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a discussion piece. Findings – This is a discussion piece. Originality/value – The paper aims to contribute to the debate concerning the future of qualitative methods in management research.

Reading the past to imagine the future

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-366
Author(s):  
Silvia Gherardi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Personal Reflection ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the ten years of the journal through a personal reflection. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the articles published in the last ten years. Findings – I argue that what has distinguished QROM in these ten years are two distinctive features: reflexivity on practices of qualitative research, and openness to the application of qualitative methods to unusual research topics. Originality/value – The main limit of the paper resides in the subjectivity of the person who has read the articles. Other readers may have different opinions and may have chosen different criteria.

Reflections on the socio-politics of qualitative research

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert J. Mills
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Sociology Of Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Politics Of Knowledge ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – A focus on the socio-politics of qualitative research and, given the space available, to raise more questions than answers. In other words, the author wants to be more speculative then definitive. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is grounded in a sociology of knowledge approach known as ANTi-History. Findings – The development of qualitative methods is grounded in the socio-politics of knowledge production. Research limitations/implications – The focus chosen – ANTi-History – is selected in exclusion to other potential approaches. Practical implications – To encourage researchers to include socio-politics in understanding the production of qualitative research methods. Social implications – Identification of the socio-politics that underlie qualitative approaches. Originality/value – The paper is rooted in a developing approach to the socio-politics of knowledge of the past.

scholarly journals The handicap of lists, QROM and the future

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 350-354
Author(s):  
Bill Lee
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Associate Editor ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future ◽  
Abs List ◽  
Geographical Context ◽  
The Way

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the contribution that this journal has made to the development of qualitative research over the ten years of Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management’s (QROM’s) lifetime and its potential to contribute further in the future. Design/methodology/approach – Reflections are made from the author’s standpoint as a longstanding associate editor of QROM and a UK academic in the field of accounting. Findings – Concern is expressed about the way in which the use of a particular journal list in UK institutions – namely, the ABS list – has skewed development away from qualitative research during the hitherto lifetime of QROM but how, despite that handicap, QROM has made a notable contribution. Originality/value – A reflection informed by both the disciplinary and geographical context as well as ten years’ service as an Associate Editor of this journal.

In search of continuity

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-584
Author(s):  
Tomasz Olejniczak ◽  
Anna Pikos ◽  
Toshio Goto
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Department Store ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Scientific Attention ◽  
Empirical Illustration ◽  
Continuity Analysis

Purpose This study aims to represent an early attempt to define the notion of continuity and empirically illustrate its explanatory potential and methodological challenges. Design/methodology/approach This study combines historical and qualitative research techniques to conduct a qualitative analysis of continuity in the Jablkowski Brothers Department Store, a Polish centennial company. The paper highlights the potential synergies between historical and qualitative methods when applied to the analysis of long periods of time. Findings The authors find that using a theoretical framework of continuity provides novel ontological and epistemological insights into the nature of long-lived companies. Based on the findings, the authors present continuity in the context of existing theories and argue that it is a unique concept that deserves more scientific attention and rigorous empirical study. Originality/value This study contributes to the existing literature in three ways. First, it provides a brief, interdisciplinary overview of the concept of continuity. Second, it provides an empirical illustration of continuity analysis in a Polish centennial company with extremely discontinuous history. Finally, it positions continuity within the wider context of existing theories and shows how, through continuity, history can contribute to both the practice and theory of management.

New qualitative research methodologies in management

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 662-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Guercini
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to deliver an introduction to the Special Issue on new qualitative research methodologies in management. Design/methodology/approach – The reasons of interest for the object of this Special Issue are explained through the discussion of a selected literature. Technological and sociological changes are considered as a source of new problem and new opportunities for management and management research. The traditional methods are put under strain by these changes and epistemological implications are considered. Findings – New qualitative methodologies analyzed in the Special Issue are characterized by drivers including hybridization with others methods, both qualitative and quantitative. New methods can contribute to reduce distance between researcher's and practitioner's context. Originality/value – A frame to analyze the new qualitative management research through the papers published in the Special Issue.

scholarly journals Film analysis in management: a journey through the metaphors of the concept of leadership

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-134
Author(s):  
Vanessa Cristina Grabowski Aoki ◽  
Silvia Spagnol Simi dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Film Analysis ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Observation Protocol ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Film Language

PurposeThe use of film language in management is an interesting method to understand the concept of leadership in the internal and external contexts of organizations, by means of metaphors. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the metaphors of leadership in a movie.Design/methodology/approachThis was a qualitative research, which used the strategy of film analysis and content analysis (Bardin, 2016). Data were collected by scene decoupage, registered in an observation protocol. In the field of management, there is a growing interest in film analysis for understanding organizations, from inside and outside, by using dynamic methodologies.FindingsThe use of metaphors in film analysis made it possible to interpret concepts, for a better understanding of organizations. The identified leaders, despite adopting different attitudes at work, reach a common goal, with gains for the community.Originality/valueThis article also contributes to reflect on the teaching–learning process of management research through different methodological dimensions.

A comment to Gobo: the next challenge – from mixed to merged methods

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal Hervieux
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Simple Count

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to further the discussion on points made by Giampietro Gobo, provide additional information on the place of qualitative research in management, and question the space of merged methods. Design/methodology/approach Use a conversational approach as well as a review of qualitative vs quantitative research in three top tier journals for the years 2013-2016 (by a simple count). Findings Quantitative methods remain very much mainstream in management research, yet one finds that for one of the journals, space is evenly shared between qualitative and quantitative methods. Research limitations/implications This is a viewpoint and does not offer a systematic review of all top tier management journals. Originality/value It is hope that with this viewpoint debate as to the space of qualitative research, and merged methods can be stimulated.

Ramifications of Covid-19 on management accounting teaching and research

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-598
Author(s):  
Gary Spraakman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Personal Reflection ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how COVID-19 has affected the author’s management accounting teaching and research. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a reflection essay on management accounting. Findings The author realized that the textbooks, because of the lack of integration among management accounting techniques, do not prepare the students with the ability to make the quick changes required by COVID-19. The author expects that they will have to introduce integration to the management accounting textbooks and courses. Qualitative research will be helpful in identifying the management accounting techniques now integrated in practice. The author further expects the beneficial practices that were learned from online and remote teaching during the pandemic will be with them into the future. Research limitations/implications This paper is limited as it is a personal reflection. Practical implications COVID-19 has required organizations be increasingly agile, particularly in the use of budgets and other management accounting techniques. Social implications Opportunities are identified for improving the teaching and use of management accounting, especially regarding strategy and budgeting. Originality/value The extreme nature of pandemics intensifies the observations of the functioning of disciplines such as management accounting. Everyone learns from extreme experiences.

scholarly journals To discard or to ado(a)pt? Looking at qualitative research templates through the lens of organizational routines

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshmi Balachandran Nair
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Organizational Routines ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Teaching Experiences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research And Teaching

PurposeMany management scholars view templates as rigid rulebooks suffocating qualitative research. This viewpoint article recommends that, instead, templates should be viewed through the lens of organizational routines.Design/methodology/approachTo facilitate this viewpoint, this article first clarifies the confusions surrounding templates. It points out that how using templates, like following routines in an organization, constitutes three parts - the artifact, the ostensive and the performative; the latter two being often neglected by template critics. The use of templates is encouraged by discussing the learning advantages for novice researchers, through an autoethnographic note narrating the author’s own research and teaching experiences.FindingsThis article deliberates upon the criticisms against templates. It then discusses templates using a perspective offered by organizational routines. Thereafter, the use of templates in qualitative management research is discussed, with the help of examples from published reports. Finally, the article explains a way of reflexively using templates through an autoethnographic note detailing the author’s own research and teaching experiences.Originality/valueIn its entirety, the article submits that the artifacts offered by the templates and the ostensive and performative engagements of the template-users must co-exist for co-creating excellent qualitative research.

A review of studies on citations and journal ranking in finance

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haifeng Guo ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Xiaotuo Qiao ◽  
Renhui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Journal Ranking ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Regional Area ◽  
The Future ◽  
Assessing Method ◽  
Regional Work ◽  
Publication Quality

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review studies on ranking in finance journals, which have grown substantially in recent decades. Design/methodology/approach – This paper depicts the trend and development of ranking studies in finance area, describes the regional work and lists the studies which focus on specific journal. This paper discusses some important and possible issues of ranking studies in finance in the future and makes some conclusions. Findings – First, the authors find that the assessing method has changed from counting number to citation-based method. Second, the authors sort the ranking studies which focus on the research and publication quality based on regional area. Finally, in specific journal ranking studies, the authors can find how a journal reputation has changed, better or worse. Originality/value – This paper reviews the ranking studies in finance area and particularly focusses on three parts. Because of the importance of ranking studies in research quality assessing, a series of issues are raised to improve the assessing objectiveness of journal ranking.

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