Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organizational Research: A Practical Guide

Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organizational Research brings together and describes a wide range of qualitative methods in organizational research and shows how they can be used in practice. The diversity of methods provided highlights the range of work issues and environments in which qualitative methods can be applied. An introduction describes the development, position, and value of qualitative approaches in research in organizations. Each subsequent chapter takes a particular method as its theme, outlining the method and how it has been used in organizational research so far. It then provides a detailed example, with step-by-step instructions, of using the method and concludes with an evaluation of its strengths and weaknesses. Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organizational Research complements and extends the previous qualitative methods in organizational research volume by these two editors. It provides further methods of qualitative data collection, while also covering methods for qualitative data analysis. Providing precise guidelines on carrying out specific forms of qualitative research, Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organizational Research will be invaluable to researchers, students, and practitioners in management, organizational behavior, occupational and organizational psychology, industrial relations, and human resource management.

Gillian Symon is a lecturer amd researcher in the Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London. Catherine Cassell is a lecturer in HRM/Organization Behaviour in the Management School of the University of Sheffield.

CONTRIBUTORS

Elizabeth Chell University of Newcastle

Chris Clegg Institute of Work Psychology, Sheffield

Yiannis Gabriel University of Bath

David Golding University of Hull

Gill Musson Sheffield Business School

Joe Nason University of Lincoln and Humberside

David Stiles Cardiff Business School

Susan Walsh University of Sheffield