Methodological Approaches for Researching Complex Organizational Phenomena

Methodological Approaches for Researching Complex Organizational Phenomena

Organizations face an increasingly turbulent environment requiring flexibility and agility of processes and structures. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the interaction between formal organizational structures and informal networks in fulfilling these needs. A considerable body of evidence about informal collaborative arrangements in organizations exists, pointing to their importance in ac...

Researching new prevention approaches for cervical cancer: methodological guidelines

Researching Media Management and Media Economics: Methodological Approaches and Issues

This paper, which draws heavily on a chapter by the authors for the forthcoming Handbook of Media Management and Economics (Albarran, 2005), focuses on potential methodological challenges facing scholars interested in the economics of cultural industries and, especially, economics of media. Drawing on previous work by economic researchers, it examines what is unusual or special about economics ...

Researching multilingually: new theoretical and methodological directions

This paper reports findings from an AHRC-funded project into the use of more than one language in research projects. Using 35 seminar presentations and 25 researcher profiles, we investigated how researchers from differing disciplines became aware of the possibilities, complexities, and emerging practices of researching where more than one language is used: for example, in initial research desi...

Researching “construction Client and Innovation”: Methodological Perspective

It is generally accepted that innovation is the implementation of significantly new processes, products or management approaches in order to increase efficiency. Clients or users of products, processes or services are being identified as potential sources of innovation in research conducted in various sectors (e.g. IT, aviation, and laboratory equipment). At present there is concern regarding t...