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Composing Qualitative Research
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Composing Qualitative Research

Second Edition
September 2006 | 144 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Providing both theoretical and practical guidance for students and researchers who need to transform the massive amounts of data collected through qualitative fieldwork into a coherent manuscript, the Second Edition draws on examples from various publications, including Administrative Science Quarterly and Academy of Management Journal, are used throughout the volume for analysis.
 
Introduction
Writing about Writing

 
Writing our Fieldwork

 
Focus on “Story”

 
Organization of Chapters

 
 
The Style and Practice of Our Academic Writing
The Predominant Style of Academic Writing: Unadorned and Disembodied

 
Experiencing the Practice of Academic Writing

 
The Style and Practice of Academic Writing: Interested and Persuasive Discourse

 
Our Writing Task

 
 
Crafting a Theorized Storyline
Establishing Theorized Storylines

 
 
Developing the Theorized Storyline
Compelling Beginnings

 
Novel Use of Methodology

 
Data-Theory Coupling

 
Storylines with Field and Theory Complications

 
 
Characterizing the Storyteller
Storyteller in the Guise of Institutional and Human Scientist

 
Institutional and Human Storyteller in Relationship to the Studied

 
Institutional and Human Portrayals as Technically Competent Storyteller

 
Institutional and Human Scientist as Field Knowledgeable Storyteller

 
 
Re-Writing the Story
Re-writing the Manuscript Prior to Journal Review

 
Re-writing the Manuscript During the Journal Review Process

 
Re-writing the Articulated Theorized Storylines

 
Reflections on the Re-Written Manuscripts

 
Conclusion

 
Concluding Comments

 
 
Appendix: Articles Used as Illustrations
 
References
 
Index
 
About the Authors

"For professionals and students in the social sciences and management, Golden-Biddle and Locke explain how to transform field work experience of qualitative research into journal articles."

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The book has interesting ideas about how to write down the reports generated from qualitative research but I will not adopt this for my method course since I need to have a book that explains first the main research methods.

Dr MOHAMMAD HOSEIN REZAZADE MEHRIZI
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Free Univ., Amsterdam
January 16, 2015
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The book is very suitable for doctoral students and other academics. Parts of it can be potentially useful for students writing their Master thesis using qualitative research methods.

Mr Roel Boomsma
Amsterdam Business Sch Research Inst, University of Amsterdam
February 19, 2013
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Useful reference on how to actually write up the results of qualitative research

Dr Kalpana Shankar
School of Info. & Library Studies SILS, University College Dublin
December 22, 2011
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A fantastic resource for doctoral students and academics alike. Highly informative and very readable.

Dr Alexandra Bristow
School of Management, Surrey University
June 10, 2011
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Some valuable advice and examples for students considering a qualitative research project

Dr John McCarthy
Management , University of Limerick
May 30, 2011
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Although aimed primarily at the process of writing for journal articles, the content is transferable to the process of writing a doctoral thesis. Chapter Two and the discussion on identifying a gap in the present literature is particularly useful.

Dr Sandra Corlett
Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University
September 18, 2010
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Excellent book for advanced doc students

Anna Wilson
Education Dept, Chapman University - Orange
October 26, 2009
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