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.

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.

Content analysis of metadata, titles, and abstracts (CAMTA): application of the method to business and management research

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Donald
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Business And Management

Purpose This paper offers a “content analysis of metadata, titles, and abstracts” (CAMTA) method underpinned by a newly evolved metadata, title, abstract, introduction, methodology, results, analysis, and discussion (M-TAIMRAD) Framework. Design/methodology/approach Draws on innovations of content analysis from the field of health- care to offer a pragmatic and transparent method for conducting rigorous and valid research within the field of business and management. Findings Replicable and valid guidelines for conducting the CAMTA method are offered, including an illustration. This is followed by a critical examination of the potential applications and benefits of the method to the field of business and management research. Originality/value The CAMTA method enables researchers to assimilate and synthesise metadata, titles and abstracts as a means of identifying grounds for future research and theory development. This will help to advance the field and subsequently benefit the wider readership including fellow academics, practitioners and policymakers. The flexibility of the CAMTA method means that it can be used as a stand-alone method or combined as part of a mixed-methods approach.

Does culture tame the bunny? A content analysis of a global adult magazine

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meidiahna Kusuma
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Adaptation Decision ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – Few empirical studies have probed the effects of culture on the standardization/adaptation decision in the context of controversial products. This study aims to investigate the relationship between sociosexuality and the adaptation decision for editorial images and advertisements in Playboy magazine through content analysis. Design/methodology/approach – This study is a qualitative research using content analysis as the research approach. The content analysis is done for Playboy magazines from four culturally diverse countries conducted for this study. Findings – The result shows that editions of the magazine across four culturally diverse countries reveal that sociosexuality is positively correlated to the degree of nudity in photographs and to the usage of advertising for controversial products. Moreover, the paper uses the concept of sociosexuality to gain a better understanding of the empirical discrepancies concerning nudity or sex appeal. Originality/value – This research is an empirical study developed by author to confirm the influence of culture on the standardization/adaptation decision in the context of controversial products. This research is originally developed by author and has not been published before.

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.

A typology of logistics at work in collaborative consumption

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 570-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Carbone ◽  
Aurélien Rouquet ◽  
Christine Roussat
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Collaborative Consumption ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The growth of collaborative consumption is beginning to stimulate management research on this phenomenon. However, so far, few scholars have studied the logistics aspects related to these developments. The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual approach to the logistics at work in collaborative consumption. Design/methodology/approach The authors adopt an inductive, exploratory research method, based on a content analysis involving 32 collaborative consumption initiatives screened through their websites and other secondary sources. Findings Based on the way logistics is organized in these initiatives, the authors identify and describe four types of logistics: peer to peer, business, crowd, and open logistics. Practical implications The paper makes recommendations for improving the management of collaborative consumption logistics. Originality/value Our results enrich the literature about crowd practices and collaborative consumption by conceptualizing alternative roles played by logistics and revealing its specific organizational forms.

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.

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.

The Sherifs’ contributions to management research

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Furkan Amil Gur ◽  
Benjamin D. McLarty ◽  
Jeff Muldoon
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Interdisciplinary Work ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Modern Thought ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Muzafer and Carolyn Wood Sherif are among the founders of social psychology. Their theoretical and empirical findings made important contributions to the management literature. This paper aims to attempt to underline these contributions and highlights the Sherifs’ interdisciplinary work and their impact on management research specifically. Design/methodology/approach Using a citation content analysis, the influence of the Sherifs on management research is detailed by examining how their work has contributed to research published in top management journals. Findings The Sherifs’ work has influenced numerous research streams related to organisational groups, social norms, assimilation contrast theory and a combination of various other topics. Additionally, these works helped originate team and workgroup research in organisation theory. Originality/value This is the first manuscript of its type to examine the influence of the Sherifs on management research. Their story is a testament to the impact that social psychology researchers have had in developing modern thought about organisational issues. This work also addresses potential areas for future research building on the Sherifs’ work.

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.

Telework amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: effects on work style reform in Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Hosoda
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Environmental Barriers ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Style ◽  
The Government ◽  
Japanese Companies ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose This study aims to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected telework initiatives in Japanese companies and investigate the factors that affect telework based on the technology, organization and environment (TOE) model, through the analysis of published documents. Design/methodology/approach Document analysis was adopted. Documents were collected from English news articles in the Nikkei Asian Review and Nikkei Asia which cover Japan's economy, industries and markets. The results of surveys by the Persol Research Institute and Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry were also provided to discuss factors promoting and hindering telework. Content analysis was adopted to analyse the documents. Findings COVID-19 had an unavoidable impact on the implementation of telework that the government had previously failed to instigate. Japanese listed companies tend to implement telework, whereas small- and medium-sized companies are struggling. The ratio of telework has been low even after the declaration of the state of emergency because there exist organizational, technological and environmental barriers to telework in Japan. Originality/value This study contributes to discussions on work style reform by focusing on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on telework. This research also gives new insight into operationalization of telework in organizations not only in Japan but also in other countries known for low rates of telework and inflexible work styles such as Korea.

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