... context Research methods Narrative Doctoral students Social entrepreneurship (SE) often addresses complex social problems in the developing world (Seelos and Mair, 2005), where SE beneficiaries are mostly poor and vulnerable (Lorenzo-Afable et al., 2020). Yet, current SE research...

... Limited 2014 Identity Research methods Qualitative research Identity work Image-elicitation Visual methods Scholars have argued that an employee's identity affects how they undertake their role (Mael and Ashforth, 1992 ; Rodrigues and Child, 2008 ; van Dick et al., 2006...

... is the message, the rituals, cultural frameworks and institutions provide the context through which the message is rendered discernable by its audience (Jarzabkowski and Whittington, 2008 ; Meyer and Rowan, 1977). Internet Metaphor Accounting Research methods Drama Dramaturgy Qualitative...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Fieldwork Mess Methodology Narrative Qualitative research Reflexivity Story Research methods Narratives Storytelling In the beginning, we were three different scholars engaged in fieldwork through our varied research endeavors...

... participants’ willingness (or lack thereof) to share their insights with the researcher (Buzard, 2003). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Ethnography Fieldwork Fieldnotes Reflexivity Autoethnography Cross‐cultural research Personal narrative Research Research methods...

... Reflexivity Age Research methods Research work Piloting within qualitative research is rarely discussed outside the pages of methodological text books (Sampson, 2004 ; Caine et al., 2009) and, at most, may achieve a brief acknowledgement within the methodology section of empirical papers...

... phenomenon. Originality/value The potential value of the paper is that it offers inspiration to organization researchers looking for innovative/performative research methods. Qualitative research Organizations Management Research methods Organizational performance Photographs Written...

... experiences and emotions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom Research methods Interviews Photographs Social class Photoelicitation Photovoice Dirty work Masculinity This paper sets out to explore how photoelicitation can facilitate the production of data...

... research Research methods Interviews Data collection The telephone is integral to, and a widely accepted means of everyday communication in both business and private settings. However, as a data collection tool, the telephone remains relatively unacknowledged in qualitative research. Methodical...

... research Emotions Vignettes Research methods In textbooks of qualitative research, the specific actions constituting the doing of research like thinking, writing, collecting, meeting, reading, presenting, talking are often ordered in a linear sequence, giving the impression that one action...

... that the authority of the ethnographer (as the person writing) is only a partial one (Clifford, 1983). It is assumed that three groups of stakeholders create the written cultural text: Ethnography Auto‐ethnography Reflexivity Writing culture Research methods Organizational culture (1...

... is an autoethnography of presenting autoethnography. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Autoethnography Self Reflexivity Academia Representation Performativity Research Research methods Reflexive research methodologies in qualitative management and organisational research commonly...

...Donde Ashmos Plowman; Anne D. Smith Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role that gender plays in choice of research methods. Design/methodology/approach The publication patterns of men and women in four prominent management journals over two decades were analyzed in three...

... researchers in exploring interpretivist data. We argue that such a partial implementation will support but not dilute the interpretivist nature of a research project. We now elaborate these points in turn. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Research methods Entity‐relationship modelling...

... and, therefore, researched using rhetorical criticism. Organizational analysis Rhetoric Research methods Forensic science Cultural studies Rhetoric is that part of an act or object that influences how social meanings are created, maintained, or opposed […] Rhetoric [in this definition...

..., emotion‐less texts. Gail Whiteman can be contacted at: gwhiteman@rsm.nl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Individual psychology Qualitative research Organizations Research work Research methods Anthropologists such as Rosaldo (1993) and Behar (1997) also debated...

... solutions, this paper advances understanding of the potential for transformation of cases and the importance of advance consideration of their purpose(s). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Case studies Teaching methods Research results Data collection Research methods A case...

... examinations of what we mean by “methodology.” The paper tries to move these considerations forward by arguing that methodology is about the examination of “methodic practice.” © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Research methods Qualitative research In this paper, I aim to outline what I...

... of enriching and powerful insights into basic social processes. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Narratives Qualitative research Research methods The aim of this paper is to explore a theoretical and methodological dilemma that became evident to the researcher on completing stage...

... Qualitative research Case studies Research methods Interviews The “what is this?” question of “characteristics” is implicit in Yin's idea of an “investigation”. The related question of “what does this mean?” is not ruled out in Yin's formulation of the case study, but is not so evident. The idea...