Qualitative methods and analysis in organizational research : a practical guide / edited by Gillian Symon and Catherine Cassell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cassell, Catherine.

Symon, Gillian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational sociology--Research.

Organizational behavior--Research.

Organizational behavior.

Physical Description:

xii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1998.

Summary:

This book brings together a wide range of qualitative methods in organizational research and shows how they can be used in practice. The diversity of organizational contexts examined here highlights the breadth of work issues and environments to which qualitative methods have been applied. A general introduction discusses the development, position and value of qualitative approaches in research into organizations. Taking a particular method as its theme, each subsequent chapter then outlines its features while demonstrating its use in current organizational research. The text is illustrated with detailed examples and each chapter concludes with an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of its subject. Assembling a group of leading experts in the field, this collection complements and extends the previous work edited by Catherine Cassell and Gillian Symon on qualitative methods in organizational research. It provides further methods of qualitative data collection, while also covering methods for qualitative data analysis. Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organizational Research will be an invaluable resource for researchers, students and practitioners in management, organizational behaviour, occupational and organizational psychology, industrial relations and human resource management.

Contents:

Reflections on the use of qualitative methods / Gillian Symon and Catherine Cassell

Life histories / Gill Musson

Analytic induction / Phil Johnson

Critical incident technique / Elizabeth Chell

Attributional coding / Jo Silvester

Qualitative research diaries / Gillian Symon

Template analysis / Nigel King

The use of stories / Yiannis Gabriel

Conversation analysis / Dalvir Samra-Fredericks

Pictorial representation / David Stiles

Soft systems analysis / Chris Clegg and Susan Walsh

Approaching observation / Joe Nason and David Golding.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761953507

0761953515

OCLC:

50661952