Reflexive Methodology: New Vistas for Qualitative Research

by Mats Alvesson, Kaj Skoldberg

Reflexive Methodology established itself as a groundbreaking success, providing researchers with an invaluable guide to a central problem in research methodology – how to put field research and interpretations in perspective, paying attention to the interpretive, political, and rhetorical nature of empirical research. Now thoroughly updated, the Second Edition includes a new chapter on positivism, social constructionism, and critical realism, and offers new conclusions on the applications of methodology. It provides further illustrations and updates that build on the acclaimed and successful First Edition .

360 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000

About the author

Mats Alvesson är professor vid Lunds universitet och arbetar även vid University of Queensland, Australien, och City University, London. Han forskar och skriver om bland annat organisationskultur, ledarskap, identitet i organisationer och kvalitativ forskning och intresserar sig för fenomenet funktionell dumhet.

Reviews

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

6: Well written and rigorous, but I am not sure it did not really succeed in giving me much in the way of new ideas or newer ways to look at research, qualitative or otherwise.

[Pranvendra Champawat · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The project could thus be characterized equally well as an intellectualization of qualitative methods or a pragmatization of philosophy of science."

It covers various methodologies and integrates them relevantly. Describes and prescribes without being manual. Marking for a reread.

[Elena · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Good qualitative research is not a technical project; it is an intellectual one".
The book offers a good and detailed overview of qualitative approaches, covering Critical Theory, Hermeneutics, Discourse Analyse, Feminist approach, Poststructuralism and Postmodernism etc. Most importantly, it looks into practical implications for a researcher and provides interesting examples to illustrate the possible adoption.