Organized around an extended metaphor of "story," this book provides both theoretical and practical guidance for students and researchers who need to transform their qualitative data into a coherent manuscript (essay, dissertation, article for publication, professional writing, etc.). Each chapter covers a different aspect of creating a story: finding the intended audience, crafting and developing the storyline, characterizing the storyteller, and rewriting the story for publication. Composing Qualitative Research is highly recommended for professionals and students across the social sciences and management.Key Features: Now expanded, Chapter 5 takes an extensive look at manuscripts prior to publication. The text offers useful strategies for addressing the writing issues that researchers face when shepherding a manuscript from invention to publication. The book includes real-world examples drawn from many disciplines and publications to demonstrate styles, concepts, challenges, and potential outcomes from writing qualitative research. The work features an expanded list of additional reference materials (online guides included). About the Authors: Karen Golden-Biddle is Professor, Health System Management and Change in the Strategic Management and Organization department, University of Alberta School of Business. She earned her Ph.D in management and policy studies from Case Western Reserve University. Her research examines the processes and symbolics of system change, and the use of qualitative data in theorizing organizational phenomena. She has published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization Science. She was Principal Investigator on a recently completed 5-year investigation of organizational change in the Canadian health care system funded by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation and the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. This field research involved a team of interdisciplinary researchers from multiple universities working in collaboration with practicing managers. Karen has also served on numerous editorial boards and was recently elected to the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management.
Karen Locke is W. Brooks George Professor of Business Administration at the College of William and Mary’s school of business, where she is a member of the management area. She joined the faculty there in 1989 after earning her Ph.D in organizational behavior from Case Western Reserve University. Her work focuses on developing a sociology of knowledge in organizational studies with an emphasis on the production of scientific texts and on the use of qualitative research for the investigation of organizational phenomena. She has published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Studies in Organization, Culture and Society, and has authored Grounded Theory In Management Research. Her current work continues her interest in the processes of qualitative researching and focuses on exploring and explicating their creative and imaginative dimensions. Karen also serves as an associate action editor for Organizational Research Methods and as a member of the editorial board of Academy of Management Journal.
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