Handbook of historical methods for management / edited by Stephanie Decker (Professor of Strategy, University of Birmingham Business School, UK, and Professor of African Business History, University of Gothenburg, Sweden), William M. Foster (Professor of Management, University of Alberta, Canada) and Elena Giovannoni (Professor of Accounting, Royal Holloway University London, UK, and University of Siena, Italy).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Decker, Stephanie, editor.

Foster, William M., editor.

Giovannoni, Elena, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Handbooks of research methods in management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management--History.

Management.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"The Handbook of Historical Methods for Management is invaluable for researchers seeking to expand their methodological toolkit. Not only does it showcase a variety of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of management, the Handbook also provides both practical guidance and conceptual insights that present an inclusive overview of historical techniques for management. Authored by leading experts in the field, this timely Handbook provides practical examples that explain the different processes involved in historical methods of enquiry. It introduces a wide variety of topics such as archival research, organizational memory, materiality, and ANTi-history, offering insights into the complexity of this broad field. Ultimately, the chapters revitalise historical methods in management and organizational studies through careful, interdisciplinary methodological guidance. This comprehensive Handbook is essential for business, economics and management scholars seeking to clarify their studies. It will additionally be valuable for those in management positions striving to learn more about historical perspectives used to study the field"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction: Why historical methods in management? / Stephanie Decker, William M. Foster and Elena Giovannoni

Part I. Perspectives on historical methods: Theoretical discussions about historical methods from different perspectives

2. Historical organization studies / Charles Harvey and Mairi Maclean

3. Rhetorical history: Giving meaning to the past in past and present / Christina Lubinski

4. Anti-history: Let's get critical ... Critical, i want to get critical! / Gabrielle Durepos

5. A narrative of the historic turn in organization studies / Michael Rowlinson, Stephanie Decker and John Hassard

6. Researching with records in management and organisation studies: Archives, data corpus, and reflexivity / Amon Barros

7. On terms: A key to methodological issues in the construction of history / Albert J. Mills and Jean Helms Mills

Part II. Historical data and sources: Ontological, epistemological and practical ways of conducting historical research

8. How to research in an archive / Kevin D. Tennent and Alex G. Gillett

9. Perspectives on oral history for historical research / Valeria Giacomin

10. Using accounting records as historical data sources / Christopher J. Napier

11. Archival research in the digital era / Adam Nix, Stephanie Decker, David A. Kirsch and Santhilata Kuppili Venkata

12. Multisensory approaches to researching the past: Insights from history and archaeology / Hannah Platts

13. Process-tracing historical research methods in management / Andrew Smith

14. Historical case studies: Richness, rigour and 'contextualised explanation' / Emily Buchnea

Part III. Historical practices of analysing data and sources

15. Critical hermeneutics: Deriving meaning from historical sources / R. Daniel Wadhwani

16. Critical realism in historical research / Alistair Mutch

17. Prosopography and microhistory: Illuminating historical actors / Garry D. Carnegie and Karen M. McBride

18. Insightful empirical knowledge in grounded theory and historical organization studies / Trevor Israelsen and J. Robert Mitchell

19. Foucauldian approaches to researching management histories critically / Stephen Cummings and Todd Bridgman

Part IV. Historical research for organization and society: Empirical examples of historical methods to investigate specific theoretical constructs

20. A call for postnational historiography: Notes on writing "history from above" / Arun Kumar

21. Researching past occurrences: Discovering the past through conversational inquiry / François Bastien and Diego M. Coraiola

22. The city of London: Genealogy of a contemporary heterotopia / Nelarine Cornelius and Eric Pezet

23. Exploring organisational identity through historical research methods / Elena Giovannoni and Pasquale Ruggiero

24. The past as corporate social responsibility / Robert Phillips, Judith Schrempf-Stirling and Christian Stutz

25. Embodied microhistories on the move: Materializing microhistories through walking to include the affective memories of everyday life / Jeanne Mengis, Fabio James Petani and Claudia Scholz

26. Narrating rhetorical history to present an appearance of organizational authenticity / Kai Lamertz

27. The interview and researching collective memory / Jukka Rintamäki, Sébastien Mena, William M Foster and Mike Zundel

28. Taming the 'mythical beast': Revisiting the myths of historical research in international business scholarship / Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki and Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781800883741 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.