Qualitative Research and Theory Development : Mystery as Method

Name: Qualitative Research and Theory Development
Brand: SAGE Publications Ltd
SKU: 9780857023247
Price: 10250 KES
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ISBN: 9780857023247

by Dan Karreman , Mats Alvesson

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0857023241

ISBN-13 9780857023247

Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd

Imprint Sage Publications Ltd

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 12th, 2011

Print length 144 Pages

Weight 190 grams

Dimensions 21.60 x 14.00 x 0.90 cms

Product Classification: Social research & statistics Social research and statistics

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Encouraging readers to take a critical approach to empirical data, the authors provide an account that helps social science researchers to develop new and interesting theories.

Empirical data is one of the cornerstones of knowledge in the social sciences, and yet the researcher often takes it for granted, reserving his or her imaginative faculties for finding a theory that 'fits the data'. This revealing account of the theory-data relationship calls this faith in data into question and establishes a reflexive framework and vocabulary to explore the creative, political and philosophical elements of data production.

Rather than thinking about the theory-data 'fit', Alvesson and Karreman will encourage you to consider the research process as one of theory-data interplay, asking if creative empirical material can challenge established theory and inspire new lines of development, and if breakdowns and mysteries encountered in research can be a constructive rather than destructive process.

They will encourage you to think critically about empirical data in terms of construction rather than verification, and most importantly they will encourage you to develop theory that is interesting and novel, rather than naive or irrelevant, making this title essential reading for those who often find the traditional vocabulary and frameworks of social science research obvious or simplistic.

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