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Table 1

Comparison of HRNI with adjacent qualitative methodologies

Criteria	Autoethnography	Dialogic inquiry	Sensemaking	Hybrid reflexive narrative inquiry (HRNI)
Primary Focus	The researcher's personal experience and emotional truth	Co-construction of meaning through dialog	Interpretation of ambiguous events	Multi-layered narrative construction integrating time, context, and reflexivity
Role of Reflexivity	Central to the researcher's self-understanding	Emerges through participant dialog	Implicit or under-theorized	Systematically embedded as a method of triangulation and interpretation
Temporal Dimension	Often episodic or retrospective	Typically focused on momentary dialog	Event-driven, short-term focus	Explicit tracing of longitudinal narrative evolution
Contextual Embedding	Limited engagement with structural or institutional factors	Focused on conversational context	Often decontextualized from power structures	Embedded in institutional, cultural, and political context
Researcher Role	Emic, insider position	Facilitator of shared meaning	Observer/interpreter of sensemaking processes	Reflexive interpreter and co-constructor of meaning over time
Strengths	Rich introspective depth, emotional authenticity	Illuminates intersubjective meaning-making	Explains how actors interpret disruptions	Offers a holistic, theory-integrated, multi-actor understanding of complex organizational phenomena
Limitations	Limited generalizability; often individual-centric	Underplays structural context and temporality	May lack reflexive depth and power awareness	Requires longitudinal access, high reflexive commitment, and institutional familiarity

Criteria	Autoethnography	Dialogic inquiry	Sensemaking	Hybrid reflexive narrative inquiry (HRNI)
Primary Focus	The researcher's personal experience and emotional truth	Co-construction of meaning through dialog	Interpretation of ambiguous events	Multi-layered narrative construction integrating time, context, and reflexivity
Role of Reflexivity	Central to the researcher's self-understanding	Emerges through participant dialog	Implicit or under-theorized	Systematically embedded as a method of triangulation and interpretation
Temporal Dimension	Often episodic or retrospective	Typically focused on momentary dialog	Event-driven, short-term focus	Explicit tracing of longitudinal narrative evolution
Contextual Embedding	Limited engagement with structural or institutional factors	Focused on conversational context	Often decontextualized from power structures	Embedded in institutional, cultural, and political context
Researcher Role	Emic, insider position	Facilitator of shared meaning	Observer/interpreter of sensemaking processes	Reflexive interpreter and co-constructor of meaning over time
Strengths	Rich introspective depth, emotional authenticity	Illuminates intersubjective meaning-making	Explains how actors interpret disruptions	Offers a holistic, theory-integrated, multi-actor understanding of complex organizational phenomena
Limitations	Limited generalizability; often individual-centric	Underplays structural context and temporality	May lack reflexive depth and power awareness	Requires longitudinal access, high reflexive commitment, and institutional familiarity

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