Why We Need Qualitative Research in Management Studies

Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to introduce the new journal and outline the rationale and aims and objectives ofQualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal(QROM).Design/methodology/approachThe paper considers why there is a necessity for a journal likeQROM, outlines the scope of the new journal, and introduces the articles in the first issue. An invitation for further contributions to the journal is also given.FindingsThere is still a need for an outlet that both provides a showcase for the diverse range of qualitative techniques in use and promotes high quality qualitative research.Originality/valueThis paper is of use to those new readers of the journal, and those who wish to submit to the journal, in that it clearly outlines editorial policy and processes.

Revista de Administração Contemporânea, 2022

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Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, 2015

Asian Journal of Business Research

Researchers and students in the business field are increasingly turning to qualitative methods to seek answers for complex research questions. Current literature presents a copious number of published qualitative research compared to previous decades, in which qualitative methods serve mainly as an exploratory inquiry toward more comprehensive quantitative studies. Although qualitative research is now widely adopted in both academia and practice, a dearth of germane literature that argues and discusses key challenges in applying qualitative methods continues to compound the scepticism and ambiguity of the research process. Moreover, details on the analysis process gleaned from research articles are often limited and thus offer little to learn from. Qualitative analysis thus resembles a black box, an analogy of intricacy and complexity. In this editorial, we discuss how to define the scope and goals of a qualitative study, examine current literature, and provide practical guidance fo...

Jurnal Riset Akuntansi dan Bisnis, 2021

Although qualitative research becomes more widely accepted, however, its role in management studies is still underrepresented. This is because qualitative research requires an understanding of philosophy, terminology and theories which often presents conflicting perspectives. However, it should be noted that various qualitative research approaches started with generic qualitative research, which was considered easier to implement. Therefore, this article is aimed to provide insight into generic qualitative research and explain how to do it.

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International Journal of Management Reviews, 2016

This paper critically reviews commentaries on the evaluation and promotion of qualitative management research. The review identifies two disjunctures: between methodological prescriptions for epistemologically diverse criteria and management journal prescriptions for standardized criteria; and between the culturally dependent production of criteria and their positioning in editorials and commentaries as normative and objective. The authors’ critical social constructionist analysis surfaces underlying positivist assumptions and institutional processes in these commentaries, which they argue are producing (inappropriate) homogeneous evaluation criteria for qualitative research, marginalizing alternative perspectives, and disciplining individual qualitative researchers into particular normative practices. The authors argue that interventions to encourage more qualitative research need to focus as much on editorial, disciplinary and institutional practices as the practices of individual...

Management Learning, 2018

We posit that qualitative inquiry is essential to management science but is insufficiently capitalized on and that, if aggregated through meta-studies, such research could yield rich insight on emergent properties and enable the development of higher-order knowledge and theory. We introduce a pragmatic approach along four ontological perspectives to conducting meta-studies from qualitative inquiries. We identify principal epistemological, ethical and methodological concerns and dilemmas that occur in the understanding, review and aggregation of qualitative studies and propose concrete remedying heuristics.

Corporate Governance: An International Review, 2013

British Journal of Management, 2021

Current Research in Psychology and Behavioral Science (CRPBS), 2023

Management science is an eclectic field that lacks epistemological coherence and a common research agenda [1]. Unlike more mature fields of inquiry (medicine, engineering) there is no consensus in management science on a set of key phenomena, which then are researched over a long period of time to yield unified understanding. Instead, the field displays considerable fragmentation in terms of research questions, frameworks, methods and validation criteria [2]. More so, as knowledge-production accelerates and globalizes, this omnium-gatherum of hypotheses, methods, framings and theories, devoid of unified models, is increasing exponentially, and Salipante's regret that management literature remains "…somewhat disconnected, undeveloped, and under-utilized across different domains of research (1982, p. 322)" applies more than ever. To review and exploit these disparate literatures-particularly when they are of a qualitative nature-is a challenging task.

2012

In this paper we focus on the definition of the importance of qualitative research in management. The qualitative research has to be systematically well planned and well executed. If it meets these conditions, qualitative research can be as powerful, in fact sometimes more powerful, than quantitative research. This led us to a theoretical overview of analytical tools and features analysis and interpretation of texts within qualitative research.