Webinar synopsis
As part of the AACCB webinar series, in this session Dr Stefanie Reissner and Professor Andrea Whittle will present their recent paper:
'Interview-based research in management and organisation studies: Making sense of the plurality of methodological practices and presentational styles' (2021).
Paper synopsis
The aim of this review paper is to identify the methodological practices and presentational styles used to report interview-based research in “leading” management and organisation journals. This paper reviews a sample of 225 articles using qualitative interviews that were published in management, human resource management, organisational behaviours and international business journals listed in the Financial Times 50 list between 2009 and 2019. The review found diversity and plurality in the methodological practices used in these studies and the presentational styles used to report interview research.
The findings are expected to help doctoral students, early career scholars and those new to using qualitative interviews to make decisions about the appropriateness of different methodological practices and presentational styles. The findings are also expected to support editors, reviewers, doctoral examiners and conference organisers in making sense of the dissensus that exists amongst qualitative interview researchers (Johnson et al., 2007). These insights will also enable greater “paradigmatic awareness” (Plakoyiannaki and Budhwar, 2021, p. 5) in the evaluation of the quality of interview-based research that is not restricted to standardised criteria derived from positivism (Cassell and Symon, 2015). To make sense of this plurality, the authors map these practices and styles against the onto-epistemological paradigms identified by Alvesson (2003; 2011). The paper contributes to calls for philosophical diversity in the evaluation of qualitative research. The authors specifically articulate concerns about the use of practices in interview-based studies that derive from the positivistic logic associated with quantitative research.
This event is part of the annual BAM Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building (AACCB) webinar series.
The AACCB webinars will help attendees to gain greater clarity about some contemporary issues, and how they link in with other related management research areas. Delivered by senior academics engaged in cutting edge research, the topics to be covered in the series will provide attendees with scholarly insight into what constitutes meaningful scholarship, and the making of optimal theoretical and methodological choices when crafting high impact manuscripts for publication. There will also be opportunities to discuss ways to get the best out of the publication process, crafting a careers, and networking with fellow academics, and other management researchers, all in one place.
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Provider Information
BAM Council's Sub-Committee of Academic Affairs of Conference and Capacity Building (AACCB)
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Who Should Attend?
The event speaks to Sections A1 and A2 as detailed in the BAM Framework
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Speaker
Professor Andrea Whittle
Andrea Whittle is Professor of Management at Newcastle University Business School. Before joining Newcastle University in 2013, Andrea held a Chair in Organization Studies at Cardiff University. Her research is driven by a passion for understanding the role of language in management settings and is informed by theories and methodologies from the fields of discourse analysis, narrative, discursive psychology, ethnography, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis.
Chaired by
Prof Fiona Wilson
Fiona Wilson was Professor of Organisational Behaviour in the Adam Smith Business School. Having recently retired after over 21 years there, she is currently Emeritus Professor, an Affiliate and Honorary Senior Research Fellow.
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Benefits of attending
- Learn about new frontiers in management research methods
- Gain greater clarity on your methodological choices
- Network with other doctoral students and academics all in one place
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Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.
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Event Fee
BAM Members: Free
BAM Student Members: Free
Non-Members: £25
Non-Members, Students: £15
To become a member, please follow the link: BAM Membership
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