Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management Due: 15th June 2023 Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar were among the most successful social scientists in bringing anthropological methods to organization studies in their Laboratory Life (1979/1986). Anticipating the wave of symbol-focused and cultural studies of organizations, Laboratory Life was the first close-up picture of work that was not done in the normative … Continue reading Call for papers: Out in the field with Bruno Latour

Journal of Organizational Ethnography The workplace has long been a central venue for ethnographic studies, reflecting the centrality of work in people’s lives. Workplace ethnographies have generated deep insights into the different work life experiences among which organizational structure, managerial and employee behaviour, workplace conflicts, power relations and workplace culture. However, the changing nature of … Continue reading Call for papers: New Directions in Workplace Ethnography

   The future of interpretivist research methodology is phygital: towards smart data to address marketplace dynamics and consumer paradoxes in hybrid (physical & digital) settings Submission deadline: 30 June, 2023 Most scholars across different disciplines approach interpretivism in opposition to positivism, which values objectivity (Hunt, 1991). In contrast to positivism, interpretivism promotes the idea that … Continue reading Call for papers: Qualitative Market Research

Putting lived experiences at the heart of research: showcasing the creative use of participatory inquiry in health and social care The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has underlined and exacerbated underlying fissures in health and social care provision worldwide. This special issue comes at a time when health and social care as a profession and … Continue reading Call for papers: Educational Action Research