A Narrative Approach to Organization Studies, 43. köideSAGE, 1998 - 87 pages 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. |
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Is There a Method in This Study? Anthropology | 19 |
Positioning in the Field or the Other as Myself | 33 |
A Story of Referencing | 51 |
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