UID:
kobvindex_INT0004971
Format:
xxxi, 359 pages
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illustrations (black and white)
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24 x 16.5 cm
ISBN:
9781788970112
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9781788970129
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178897011X
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1788970128
Series Statement:
Elgar field guides
Content:
"This informative Field Guide to Intercultural Research is specifically designed to be used in the field, guiding the reader away from pitfalls and towards best practice. It shares valuable fieldwork challenges and experiences, as well as insights into key methodological debates and practical recommendations relevant to both new and seasoned researchers. Offering an international outlook and featuring insights from across four continents, this invaluable guide introduces new methods and approaches to data analysis, tackling various research phases, including perspectives from quantitative researchers. It focuses on the role of culture and the intercultural challenges that fieldworkers encounter, enticing readers into further conversations concerning the role of fieldwork in producing new knowledge. Expert contributors illustrate the benefits of field research in intercultural research not only to academic literature, but also to organizational policies and the societies within which we work and live. Including insights from the fields of ethnography and social anthropology, this cutting edge guide is crucial reading for all students and researchers of business and management studies as well as organizational development hoping to begin their foray into fieldwork, as well as experienced scholars looking for new approaches to field research. It will also benefit management professionals and consultants in need of an expanded knowledge base for conducting action research or other interventions in organizations."
Note:
SPECIAL CONTENTS NOTE: includes the chapters: * "Overcoming challenges in intercultural interviewing : the role of intercultural training for early-career researchers" by Ritam Garg and Petra Poljsak-Rosinski, p. 81-92; * "Academic disciplines have cultures, too : intercultural challenges for interdisciplinary researchers in the field" by David S. A. Guttormsen, Petra Poljsak-Rosinski, Htwe Htwe Thein, Trifon Pavkov, Katarina Brkovic and Michael Gillan, pages 179-193
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Preface : some musings on fieldwork in a business context / Malcolm Chapman -- Introduction : following the researchers into the field / David S. A. Guttormsen, Jakob Lauring and Malcolm Chapman -- PRACTICAL THEMES : Using grounded theory in an African business context / W. Travis Selmier II and Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi -- Intercultural survey research : challenges and suggested solutions / Anne-Wil Harzing, B. Sebastian Reiche and Markus Pudelko -- Interviewing global elites / William S. Harvey -- Survey-based research in remote Indigenous communities : considerations for methods / Indigo Holcombe-James and Ellie Rennie -- Methodological reflections on researching ethnic business in Southern Europe : experiences from the field / Gunhild Odden -- Overcoming challenges in intercultural interviewing : the role of intercultural training for early-career researchers / Ritam Garg and Petra Poljsak-Rosinski -- Coding intercultural fieldwork data : a hands-on approach / Mai Skjott Linneberg and Steffen Korsgaard -- Some practical advice on collecting qualitative data : outline of a fieldwork process / Jakob Lauring and Charlotte Jonasson -- Unlocking the affordances of digital technology in qualitative research / Marta Jackowska -- THEORETICAL THEMES : Reflections on an intercultural (research) life / Bruce W. Stening -- Doing field work in culturally hybrid locations / Mette Zolner -- Researching religion in organizations : key issues and strategies / Christopher Richardson -- Operationalizing 'culture' when conducting cross-cultural fieldwork : the case of Germany and South Africa / Badri Zolfaghari -- Academic disciplines have cultures, too : intercultural challenges for interdisciplinary researchers in the field / David S. A. Guttormsen, Petra Poljsak-Rosinski, Htwe Htwe Thein, Trifon Pavkov, Katarina Brkovic and Michael Gillan -- Dilemmas with multiple social identities in the field of international development / Masumi Owa -- Strategies to survive on foreign turf : experience sharing and reflections from two apparent aliens in the field / Annelise Ly and Ingrid Onarheim Spjeldnaes -- 'Inside-out' : race, role and relations in intercultural fieldwork / Charlotte Jonasson, Jakob Lauring and David S. A. Guttormsen -- Intercultural challenges of 'rapport' in French-German organizational field research : insights from a binational research tandem / Christoph Barmeyer and Eric Davoine -- REGIONAL THEMES : Cultural considerations and qualitative research within an African context / Nomusa Benita Mazonde -- Navigating the realities of intercultural research in Sub-Saharan Africa : insights from Nigeria / Adebukola E. Oyewunmi, Stephen I. Ukenna and Ebes Esho -- The challenges of conducting field studies in China / Anna Shostya, Moshe Banai and Joseph C. Morreale -- Challenges and promoters during international fieldwork in Lebanon / Hana Abdo, Amelie Artis and Anne Bartel-Radic -- Intersectional challenges of conducting qualitative research in the Middle East / Maranda Ridgway and Fiona Robson -- Crossing borders, traversing cultures and mediating identities : a reflection on fieldwork conducted in the Arab Gulf / Sarina Theys -- Doing qualitative field research in Vietnam / Thi My Hanh Huynh and Anne Bartel-Radic -- Investigating the worldview of professionals : reflections on the challenges of researching in the Thai culture / Astrid Kainzbauer and Brian Hunt -- Afterword / Fiona Moore -- Index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Edited volumes
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Handbooks and manuals
DOI:
10.4337/9781788970129
