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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kaghan, William N.
• Strauss, Anselm L.
• Barley, Stephen R.
• Brannen, Mary Yoko
• Thomas, Robert J.

Titel

The Practice and Uses of Field Research in the 21st Century Organization

Ist Teil von

• Journal of management inquiry, 1999-03, Vol.8 (1), p.67-81

Ort / Verlag

Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

1999

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Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• An edited version of a transcript is presented of a symposium that was organized for the 1995 Academy of Management Meetings in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The symposium was entitled "The Practices and Uses of Field Research in the 21st Century Organization". Four experienced and recognized field researchers discuss what it would mean to do field research in 21st century organizations. Three questions are addressed: 1. What role is envisioned for field research in studying transformation of work and organization in the 21st century or, alternately, what would scholarly research on the transformation of work and organizations lack if no one did fieldwork? 2. Describe how a concept or set of concepts in the course of a field research project is generated, refined, revised and tested. 3. How has theory helped to shape the design, analysis, and reporting of field research results and how was theory revised in the course of field research?