Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: Volume 8 Issue 2

Sensitivity in topic development and meaning making in a process consultation contract meeting

Risto Puutio, Virpi‐Liisa Kykyri, Jarl Wahlström

The purpose of this paper is to explore the discursive practices used when the agenda for a consultation process was negotiated in a contract meeting. The paper illustrates the…

New designs and software for cognitive causal mapping

Mauri Laukkanen, Päivi Eriksson

The paper's first objective is to develop a new conceptual framework for categorizing and designing cognitive, specifically comparative, causal mapping (CCM) research by building…

Theories of knowledge and focus groups in organization and management research

Tracey Coule

The purpose of this article is to develop a reflexive theoretical framework for thinking about focus groups and critiques dominating instrumental views of the method. It emerges…

Qualitative diaries: uncovering the complexities of work‐life decision‐making

Laura S. Radcliffe

The purpose of this paper is to describe the application of qualitative diary methods in the context of research on the work‐family interface.

Silent stories of resistance to doing employment

Sue Mulhall

Exploring experiences of participants on an Irish active labour market programme, the purpose of this paper is to examine accounts of everyday forms of resistance to the subject…