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TY - JOUR
T1 - Qualitative research practices and family business scholarship
T2 - a review and future research agenda
AU - Fletcher, Denise
AU - De Massis, Alfredo
AU - Nordqvist, Mattias
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Family Business Research. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Family Business Research, 7, 1, 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.08.001
PY - 2016/3/4
Y1 - 2016/3/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Qualitative methods
KW - Epistemology
KW - Interpretivism
KW - Family business
KW - Future research
U2 - 10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.08.001
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
SP - 8
EP - 25
JO - Journal of Family Business Strategy
JF - Journal of Family Business Strategy
SN - 1877-8585
IS - 1
ER -