Qualitative research in organizations and management [electronic resource] : an international journal. Volume 2, Number 3, Special issue on case studies.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business enterprises--Research.

Business enterprises.

Industrial management--Research.

Industrial management.

Qualitative research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (86 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

QROM

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ebook is a review of developments in both the qualitative tradition and case studies in management research. The articles discuss: the merits of unique cases and singular forms of evidence within a single case; the comparability of case studies with tools in other areas; and methods of theorizing from case studies. Readers may read each of the subsequent papers in this ebook, either as individual contributions that have merits per se, or as part of a collection. The merits of case studies have often been understated. The articles in this ebook highlight a broader variety of uses of case s

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Reflections on the use of case studies in the accounting, management and organizational disciplines; A researcher's tale: dealing with epistemological divergence; The "singular view" in management case studies; Introducing strong structuration theory for informing qualitative case studies in organization, management and accounting research; Case study research and network theory: birds of a feather; Obituary

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-14392-8

9786611143923

1-84663-721-X

OCLC:

808677207