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Qualitative Research and Theory Development
Mats Alvesson
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Description for Qualitative Research and Theory Development
Paperback. Encouraging readers to take a critical approach to empirical data, the authors provide an account that helps social science researchers to develop new and interesting theories. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
Empirical data is one of the cornerstones of knowledge in the social sciences, and yet the researcher often takes it for granted, reserving his or her imaginative faculties for finding a theory that ′fits the data′. This revealing account of the theory-data relationship calls this faith in data into question and establishes a reflexive framework and vocabulary to explore the creative, political and philosophical elements of data production.
Empirical data is one of the cornerstones of knowledge in the social sciences, and yet the researcher often takes it for granted, reserving his or her imaginative faculties for finding a theory that ′fits the data′. This revealing account of the theory-data relationship calls this faith in data into question and establishes a reflexive framework and vocabulary to explore the creative, political and philosophical elements of data production.
Rather than thinking about the theory-data ′fit′, Alvesson and Karreman will encourage you to consider the research process as one of theory-data interplay, asking if creative empirical material can challenge established ... Read more
They will encourage you to think critically about empirical data in terms of construction rather than verification, and most importantly they will encourage you to develop theory that is interesting and novel, rather than naive or irrelevant, making this title essential reading for those who often find the traditional vocabulary and frameworks of social science research obvious or simplistic.
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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857023247
SKU
V9780857023247
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About Mats Alvesson
Mats Alvesson is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Bath, and also affiliated with Lund University, Stockholm School of Economics and Bayes Business School, City, University of London.
Reviews for Qualitative Research and Theory Development
Mats Alvesson is masterful in showing us how to create new theories from grounded empirical materials. I highly recommend this book as a guide and reference on theory building Andrew H. Van de Ven Vernon H. Heath Professor of Organizational Innovation and Change, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Thank you Mats Alvesson for an ... Read more