A Narrative Approach to Organization Studies [Paperback]

From setting up the fieldwork to writing up the research, this volume takes readers through the narrative approach to qualitative research with a focus on organization studies. Inspired by the work of Bakhtin, Eco, Rorty and Silverman, the author demonstrates that narratives are still the main carriers of knowledge in all societies.

From setting up the fieldwork to writing up the research, this volume takes readers through the narrative approach to qualitative research with a focus on organization studies. Inspired by the work of Bakhtin, Eco, Rorty and Silverman, the author demonstrates that narratives are still the main carriers of knowledge in all societies.

Concocting a Device
The Narrative in Social Sciences and Organization Studies
Is There a Method in the Study?
Anthropology as a Frame of Mind
Positioning in the Field, or the Other as Myself
Science as Conversation
A Story of Referencing and Referencing as a Story Telling
Doing the Reading and Doing the Writing
From the Field to the Text