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Qualitative research practices and family business scholarship: a review and future research agenda
FLETCHER, Denise Elaine; de Massis, Alfredo; Nordqvist, Matthias
2016In Journal of Family Business Strategy, 7 (1), p. 8-25
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Keywords :
qualitative research; qualitative methods; epistemology; interpretivism; family business; future research
Abstract :
[en] In spite of various calls for a wider application of qualitative research in the family business field, it is our contention that the full potential of qualitative inquiry is not being fully realized. Part of the reason for this relates to the tendency to promote methods choice and diversity rather than addressing the foundational questions and processes which underlie qualitative research choices. These tendencies obscure attention to the reasons why researchers choose qualitative methods and the kinds of foundational issues about family businesses that are brought to light through qualitative research. To address this, we undertake an analysis of the most-cited articles using qualitative methods from an annotated bibliography of family business studies. From this, we identify the strengths and weaknesses of extant qualitative studies in family business research and argue for the need to re-orientate calls in family business research towards the foundational questions (rather than methods) that underline qualitative inquiry.
Disciplines :
General management, entrepreneurship & organizational theory
Author, co-author :
FLETCHER, Denise Elaine  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA)
de Massis, Alfredo;  University of Lancaster > Management School
Nordqvist, Matthias;  University of Jonkoping > Jonkoping Business School
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Qualitative research practices and family business scholarship: a review and future research agenda
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
Journal of Family Business Strategy
ISSN :
1877-8585
eISSN :
1877-8593
Publisher :
Elsevier
Volume :
7
Issue :
1
Pages :
8-25
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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