Embracing a constructed boundary : mapping qualitative research in organizational studies / Raza Mir and Sanjay Jain -- Theories -- Philosophical foundations of qualitative organizational research / Cristina Neesham -- Critical approaches to qualitative research / Thomas Greckhamer -- Doing feminist research qualitatively : a review of what interpretive feminist research means today / Marleen van der Haar -- Qualitative management research in the shadow of imperialism : some elementary remarks on its othering processes from a muslim perspective / Farzad Rafi Khan -- Traditions -- Challenge of rigor in theory-building from multiple case research / Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Timothy E. Ott -- Single cases : the what, why and how / Pinar Ozcan, Suho Han, and Melissa E. Graebner -- Clio's toolkit : historical methods beyond theory building from cases / Dan Wadhwani and Stephanie Decker -- Stories as social action : rethinking narrative studies of organizing / Tammar B. Zilber -- Bricolage in the field : experimenting with different forms of ethnography / Anne-Laure Fayard -- Innovations in organizational ethnography : being them, even without trying / Alexandra Michel -- Ethnography as writing : how creative nonfiction can inspire organizational ethnographers / Chahrazad Abdallah -- Ethnographic images of work : lessons from journalism / Jinia Mukerjee and Anca Metiu -- Contexts -- Studying organizational cultural repertoires / Davide Ravasi, Violina Rindova, and Elena Dalpiaz -- Qualitative approaches for studying innovation as process / Raghu Garud, Hans Berends, and Philipp Tuertscher -- Whatddya' know? : qualitative methods in entrepreneurship / Ted Baker, Erin Powell, and Andrew E. F. Fultz -- Doing qualitative research on emerging fields and markets / Nina Granqvist, Galina Kallio, and Heli Nissilä -- Methodological guidelines in the study of materiality and affordances / Paul Leonardi -- Working, being, and researching in place : a mixed methodological approach for understanding digital experiences / Ingrid Erickson -- Methods and challenges of conducting research in subsistence environments / Srinivas Sridharan -- Journeys -- "Blinded by the light" or "seeing the light"? : journeys of positivist scholars into qualitative inquiry / Glen Kreiner, Derron Bishop and Aparna Joshi -- Appreciating emergence and serendipity in qualitative research : resisting the urge to follow set plans / Rene Wiedner and Shaz Ansari -- Reporting after the summit: getting ethnographic research into print katherine chen -- Reasoning with qualitative data : balancing a theoretical contribution / Saku Mantere -- "Standing on [transparent] shoulders" : applying open source approaches to qualitative management research / Andrew Nelson -- Frontiers and reflections -- Engaging with the visual : opportunities for qualitative organizational researchers / Catherine Cassell -- Building grounded theory with social media data / Emmanuelle Vaast and Cathy Urquhart -- Network models of organizational routines : tracing associations between actions / Brian T. Pentland and Peng Liu -- Rewriting the publishing narrative for grounded theory building / Deborah Dougherty -- The long, hard road to legitimacy for qualitative research : a personal-professional journey / Jenny Gioia -- Blind alleys and untold stories in qualitative research / Ann Langley.

This comprehensive book collects contributions from leading international scholars to highlight the diverse qualitative approaches available to organizational researchers, each grounded in its own philosophy. The editors provide a cutting edge, globally oriented resource on the state of qualitative research methodologies, helping readers to grasp the theories, practices, and future of the field.

Beginning with an overview of qualitative methodologies, the book examines ways in which research employing these techniques is conducted in a variety of disciplines, including entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy, information systems, and organizational behavior. It offers timely updates on how traditions like case studies, ethnographies, historical methods, narrative approaches, and critical research are practiced today and how emerging trends, including increasing legitimacy and feminization, are impacting the domain. The final chapters provide templates for engaging with the future as well as essays that critically assess how qualitative inquiry has evolved within organization studies. Readers will become acquainted with contemporary tools for conducting qualitative studies, learning to appreciate the emerging domains of qualitative inquiry within a dynamic and complex organizational world.

Doctoral students and early-career researchers in organizational studies, especially those engaged with general management, organizational behavior, human resource management, innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategy, will benefit from reading this relevant and inclusive handbook.