Sessions for Research Methodology Track

Track Chair:

Professor Catherine Cassell, University of Sheffield

Tuesday 31st August

Session One

08:30 – 10:00

Cross-cultural issues

Session Chair: Catherine Cassell

Authors / Title / Category
Cameron, Gore and Desombre / Commitment and culture: methodology reconsidered / D
Moulettes / Crossing cultures: A critical review of cross-culture management’s dominating research method / D
Shenxue Li / Two countries separated by a common language? A review of research method for organisational learning in the UK and USA / F
Robert Mellor / Multi-country surveys of firms for business research / D

Session Two

10:30 – 12:00

General issues

Session Chair: Catherine Cassell

Authors / Title / Category
Bryans and Mavin / Monks, hunters and white-water rafting: images of research and researchers / D
Jasimuddin, Connell and Klein / Challenges of navigating a topic to a prospective researcher / D
Cassell, Buehring, Symon and Johnson / Defining quality in qualitative management research: the Editor’s view / D

Session Three

13:00 – 14.30

Methods

Session Chair: Catherine Cassell

Authors / Title / Category
Sara Nadin / The use of a research diary as a tool for reflexive practice / D
Gore, Purvis and Sadler-Smith / Mapping expertise in management: applied cognitive task analysis / D
Vinh Sum Chau and Barry J Witcher / A pragmatic half way compromise between CAQDAS and the conduct of longitudinal tracer studies: one step forward and two steps back or two steps back for one step forward / F
Webb and Lettice / Exchanging diaries for management theory: a qualitative research process / D

Session Four

15:00 – 16:30

The student experience

Session Chair: Catherine Cassell

Authors / Title / Category
Boris Kabanoff, Alan Richardson, Geoff Scott and Shane Brown / Measuring Australian business graduates course experiences: an integration of quantitative and qualitative methodologies / F
Reid and Spinks / Casting pearls before swine, or handing bicycles to fish? : Teaching ‘alternative’ research philosophy to MBA students / D

Session Five

17:00 – 18:30

Workshop: ‘Qualitative Social Research on ICTs: Developments and Applications’ Organiser: Kathryn Waite