Composing Qualitative Research: Crafting Theoretical Points from Qualitative Research [Paperback]

Karen Golden-Biddle (Author), Karen Locke (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0803974310 | ISBN-13: 978-0803974319 | Publication Date: April 14, 1997

Providing both theoretical and practical guidance, this book will assist students and researchers who need to transform data organized around the metaphor of `story' in order to illuminate the importance of crafting data into a framework that appeals to the intended audience.

Each chapter covers a different aspect of creating a story: disclosing, telling and revising for publication. Each chapter also focuses on the writing issues researchers face as they take a manuscript from invention to publication and offers useful strategies to address these issues.

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About the Author

Karen Golden-Biddle is Professor, Health System Management and Change in the Strategic Management and Organization department, University of Alberta School of Business. She earned her Ph.D in management and policy studies from Case Western Reserve University. Her research examines the processes and symbolics of system change, and the use of qualitative data in theorizing organizational phenomena. She has published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization Science. She was Principal Investigator on a recently completed 5-year investigation of organizational change in the Canadian health care system funded by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation and the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. This field research involved a team of interdisciplinary researchers from multiple universities working in collaboration with practicing managers. Karen has also served on numerous editorial boards and was recently elected to the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management.

 

Karen Locke is W. Brooks George Professor of Business Administration at the College of William and Mary’s school of business, where she is a member of the management area. She joined the faculty there in 1989 after earning her Ph.D in organizational behavior from Case Western Reserve University. Her work focuses on developing a sociology of knowledge in organizational studies with an emphasis on the production of scientific texts and on the use of qualitative research for the investigation of organizational phenomena. She has published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Studies in Organization, Culture and Society, and has authored Grounded Theory In Management Research. Her current work continues her interest in the processes of qualitative researching and focuses on exploring and explicating their creative and imaginative dimensions. Karen also serves as an associate action editor for Organizational Research Methods and as a member of the editorial board of Academy of Management Journal.
Personal website: http://business.wm.edu/homepage.asp?PID=425

Product Details

• Paperback: 167 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc (April 14, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803974310
• ISBN-13: 978-0803974319
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,413,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Writing from the heart, April 12, 2004

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Howard Aldrich (Chapel Hill, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Composing Qualitative Research: Crafting Theoretical Points from Qualitative Research (Paperback)

This book applies to far more types of scholarly writing than "qualitative research." The authors make valuable suggestions for how to frame your journal article so that it appeals to the community of scholars in your field, regardless of your methodology. At the heart of their guidelines lies an ancient truth: attract an audience by setting up a problem, a complication, and then showing them how it can be resolved. I recommend this book to any graduate student or assistant professor in the social sciences who is just beginning an academic career. Following the authors' advice will save you months of wasted time and effort!

2.0 out of 5 stars Purchase the 2nd Edition!, November 15, 2010

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M. ODonnell (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Composing Qualitative Research: Crafting Theoretical Points from Qualitative Research (Paperback)

I didn't realize I purchased the first edition for my qualititative methods course until the in-class discussion of the first reading assignment. It was clear the 1st edition was lacking. I had to go and buy the 2nd edition because there was so much excellent material added in the 2nd edition and I couldn't get by without it. I would DEFINITELY recommend the 2nd edition.