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New qualitative research methodologies in management

Simone Guercini (Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Florence, Italy)

Management Decision

ISSN: 0025-1747

Article publication date: 13 May 2014

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to deliver an introduction to the Special Issue on new qualitative research methodologies in management.

Design/methodology/approach

The reasons of interest for the object of this Special Issue are explained through the discussion of a selected literature. Technological and sociological changes are considered as a source of new problem and new opportunities for management and management research. The traditional methods are put under strain by these changes and epistemological implications are considered.

Findings

New qualitative methodologies analyzed in the Special Issue are characterized by drivers including hybridization with others methods, both qualitative and quantitative. New methods can contribute to reduce distance between researcher's and practitioner's context.

Originality/value

A frame to analyze the new qualitative management research through the papers published in the Special Issue.

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Citation

Guercini, S. (2014), "New qualitative research methodologies in management", Management Decision, Vol. 52 No. 4, pp. 662-674. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-11-2013-0592

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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