...Daniel J. Davis Purpose Virtual organizations present numerous challenges for managers, especially in regards to organizational identity formation. This paper aims to address this gap in the extant literature by exploring how organizational narratives can foster identification with the virtual...

... domains using a narrative inquiry technique and aims to guide managers and HR practitioners in start-ups to enable data-driven decisions in HR. This study adopts the narrative inquiry technique by conducting semi-structured interviews with HR practitioners and senior members handling HR functions...

...Susan Elizabeth Mate; Matthew McDonald; Truc Do © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The study used a qualitative narrative research design to understand how the lived experiences of Australian and Vietnamese early- to mid-career...

...David Andrew Vickers; Alice Moore; Louise Vickers Purpose This study aims to weave together narrative analysis (hereinafter NA) and Actor-Network Theory (hereinafter ANT), in order to address recent calls for performative studies to combine approaches and specifically to use ANT. Particularly...

... of a replicating unit of culture which has, however, yet to be demonstrated as a valid concept. Therefore, an “extra‐memetic” methodology is deemed to be necessary for the development of memetics as a scientific endeavour. Narrative analysis is abducted as an appropriate avenue for the operationalisation of extra...

...Colin Jones; Dermot Breslin; Ilfryn Price Purpose Management fashions can be, and have been, conceptualized as narrative elements competing for replication and resources in the wider managerial discourse. Most wax and wane through a life cycle. Some achieve an extended place and even a transition...

... storytelling and morph vocalised individual narratives into multifaceted stories that provide an insight into the emotions, politics and “life” of organizations. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses an in depth case‐study approach undertaken within the UK Fire and Rescue emergency service and uses...