| A Narrative Approach to Organization Studies Contributor(s): Czarniawska, Barbara (Author), Czarniawska, Barbara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0761906630 ISBN-13: 9780761906636 Publisher: Sage Publications OUR PRICE: $39.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: The latest volume in the Qualitative Research Methods series, A Narrative Approach to Organization Studies presents a specific approach to organization studies and provides illustrations of its use. Inspired by the works of Bakhtin, Eco, Rorty, and Silverman, author Barbara Czarniawska asserts that narratives are still the main carriers of knowledge in modern societies. Drawing on more than 25 years of field organization studies undertaken throughout Europe and the United States, Czarniawska takes the reader through the narrative approach, from positioning one??'s self in the field to writing up the research. A Narrative Approach to Organization Studies will be an invaluable research tool for researchers in management, public administration, sociology, anthropology, education, and political science. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research |
| Dewey: 300.72 |
| LCCN: 97021225 |
| Series: Qualitative Research Methods |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.16" W x 7.92" (0.33 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Czarniawska, Barbara: - Barbara Czarniawska is Professor of Management Studies at GRI, School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Doctor honoris causa at Stockholm School of Economics, Copenhagen Business School and Helsinki School of Economics, she is a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Royal Engineering Academy, the Royal Society of Art and Sciences in Gothenburg and Societas Scientiarum Finnica. Czarniawska takes a feminist and constructionist perspective on organizing, recently exploring the connections between popular culture and practice of management, and the organization of the news production. She is interested in methodology, especially in techniques of fieldwork and in the application of narratology to organization studies. |