Qualitative methods in management research / guest editors: Catherine Cassell, Anna Buehring, Gillian Symon and Phil Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buehring, Anna.

Cassell, Catherine.

Johnson, Phil.

Symon, Gillian.

Series:

Management decision ; v. 44, no. 2.

Management decision ; v. 44, no. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personnel management.

Total quality management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book focuses on the uses of qualitative methods in management research. Within this introduction we raise some issues about what is meant by qualitative research, outline our aims in producing the e-book, and introduce the articles within it.

Contents:

Qualitative methods in management research: an introduction to the themed issue; Qualitative research in management: addressing complexity, context and persona; More than a numbers game: qualitative research in accounting; A biographical approach to researching entrepreneurship in the smaller firm; Using qualitative research synthesis to build an actionable knowledge base; The role of communication and management support in a lean manufacturing implementation; Talking about change; Intransivities of managerial decisions: a grounded theory case

Meaning and context of participation in five European countries; The role and status of qualitative methods in management research: an empirical account

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-50692-X

9786610506927

1-84544-931-2

OCLC:

68926051