Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: Volume 2 Issue 3

Reflections on the use of case studies in the accounting, management and organizational disciplines

Bill Lee, Paul M. Collier, John Cullen

The purpose of this paper is to explain the background to the special issue and to provide an introduction to the articles on case studies included in the issue.

A researcher's tale: dealing with epistemological divergence

Janet Bryant, Barbara Lasky

The paper's purpose is to explore a theoretical and methodological dilemma.

The “singular view” in management case studies

Sue Llewellyn, Deryl Northcott

This paper aims to challenge the conventional wisdom in qualitative case study research that the findings of the case depend on the identification of common themes across the…

Introducing strong structuration theory for informing qualitative case studies in organization, management and accounting research

Lisa Jack, Ahmed Kholeif

The aim of this paper is to present a reinforced version of structuration theory, known as strong structuration theory, set out in Stones as a disciplined approach to qualitative…

Case study research and network theory: birds of a feather

Evert Gummesson

The purpose of this paper is to advocate that case study research needs to renew itself and employ its full potential as an innovative theory‐generating methodology in management…

Obituary

Gillian Symon, Catherine Cassell