Handbook of Qualitative Organizational Research

Part I: Introduction, History, & Context of Qualitative Methods
1. Introduction: In Search of Innovative Pathways and Methods in Qualitative Research Kimberly D. Elsbach and Roderick M. Kramer
2. Qualitative Research: It Just Keeps Getting More Interesting! Sara L. Rynes and Jean M. Bartunek
3. Ups and Downs: Trends in the Development and Reception of Qualitative Methods Michael Mauskapf and Paul Hirsch

Part II: Innovative Research Settings
4. Understanding Organizations from Extreme Cases Katherine K. Chen
5. Contract Ethnography in Corporate Settings: Innovation from Entanglement Anne-Laure Fayard, John Van Maanen, and John Weeks
6. Studying Elites in Institutions of Higher Education Scott Snook and Rakesh Khurana
7. Drawing Fine Lines Behind Bars: Pushing the Boundaries of Researcher Neutrality in Unconventional Contexts Kristie M. Rogers, Madeline Toubiana, and Katherine A. DeCelles
8. Why is That Interesting? Finding the Meanings of Unexplored Phenomena Ian J. Walsh and Jean M. Bartunek
9. Studying Organizational Fields Through Ethnography Tammar B. Zilber

Part III: Innovative Research Designs
10. How to Look Two Ways at Once: Research Strategies for Inhabited Institutionalism Michael A. Haedicke and Tim Hallett
11. Using Qualitative Methods to Track Evolving Entrepreneurial Identities Philip Anderson
12. From What Happened To What Happens: Using Microhistorical Case Studies to Build Grounded Theory in Organization Studies Andrew Hargadon
13. Immersion Ethnography of Elites Brooke Harrington
14. Accounting for Accounts: Crafting Ethnographic Validity through Team Ethnography Joelle Evans, Ruthanne Huising, and Susan S. Silbey
15. Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Opportunities for Case-Based Research Reut Livne-Tarandach, Benjamin Hawbaker, Brooke Lahneman, and Candace Jones
16. Leveraging Comparative Field Data for Theory Generation Beth A. Bechky and Siobhan O’Mahony
17. Crafting and Selecting Research Questions and Contexts in Qualitative Research Michael G. Pratt
18. A Practice Approach to the Study of Social Networks Maria Christina Binz-Scharf Part IV: Unique Forms of Qualitative Data
19. Denials, Obstructions, and Silences: Lessons from Repertoires of Field Resistance (and Embrace) Michel Anteby
20. The Aesthetics of Data: Qualitative Analysis of Visual and Other Non-Textual Forms of Data Simona Giorgi and Mary Ann Glynn
21. Leveraging Archival Data from Online Communities for Grounded Process Theorizing Natalia Levina and Emmanuelle Vaast
22. Analyzing Visual Rhetoric In Organizational Research Lianne Lefsrud, Heather Graves, and Nelson Phillips
23. Markers, Metaphors, and Meaning: Drawings As a Visual and Creative Qualitative Research Methodology in Organizations Sarah J. Tracy and Shawna Malvani Redden Part V: Unique Data Collection Methods
24. Structural Sampling: A Technique for Illuminating Social Systems Sonali K. Shah and Andreea Gorbati
25. Ethnography Across the Work Boundary: Benefits and Considerations for Organizational Studies Melissa Mazmanian, Christine M. Beckman, and Ellie Harmon
26. Strategic Conversations: Methods for Data Collection and Analysis Christina Kyprianou, Melissa E. Graebner, and Violina Rindova
27. Triangulate and Expand: Using Multiple Sources of Data for Convergence and Expansion to Enrich Inductive Theorizing Elizabeth D. Rouse and Spencer H. Harrison
28. "What’s Cooking?" Serendipitous Opportunities and Creative Action in Data Collection Silviya Svejenova

Part VI: Innovative Forms of Analysis
29. Adventures in Qualitative Research Connie J.G. Gersick
30. Concept Mapping as a Methodical and Transparent Data Analysis Process Peter Balan, Eva Balan-Vnuk, Mike Metcalfe, and Noel Lindsay
31. Innovation through Collaboration: Working Together on Data Analysis and Interpretation Kevin G. Corley, Courtney R. Masterson, and Beth S. Schinoff
32. Multi-level Discourse Analysis: A Structured Approach to Analyzing Longitudinal Data Steven J. Kahl and Stine Grodal
33. "Tabula Geminus": A "Both/And" Approach to Coding and Theorizing Glen E. Kreiner
34. Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as Descriptive Numerical Method in Support of Narrative Methods Rodney Lacey and Lisa Cohen
35. Discovery, Validation and Live Coding Karen Locke, Martha S. Feldman, and Karen Golden-Biddle
36. Between Text and Context: Innovative Approaches to the Qualitative Analysis of Online Data Anca Metiu and Anne-Laure Fayard
37. Documenting Work: From Participant Observation to Participant Tracing Carsten Østerlund, Jaime Snyder, Steve Sawyer, Sarika Sharma, and Matt Willis
38. The Journey from Data to Qualitative Inductive Paper: Who Helps and How? Špela Trefalt and Marya L. Besharov
39. Worth a Second Look? Exploring the Power of Post-Mortems on Post-Mortems Roderick M. Kramer

Part VII: Multi-Methods Approaches 40. Mixing Quantitative and Qualitative Research Sarah Kaplan
41. Counting Qualitative Data Chad Michael McPherson and Michael Sauder
42. Combining Qualitative Methods to Study Collective Cognition in Organizations Ileana Stigliani and Davide Ravasi
43. Highlights of the Hybrid Method Charles Galunic

Part VIII: Challenges and Opportunities in Qualitative Methods
44. Confessions of a Mad Ethnographer Stephen R. Barley