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TY - JOUR
T1 - Strong emotions at work
AU - Whiteman, Gail
AU - Müller, Thaddeus
AU - Johnson, John M.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the emotional experiences from qualitative research can enrich organization and management studies.Design/methodology/approach– The paper's approach includes a review of the literature in sociology, anthropology, psychology, and feminist studies, in which scholars have argued convincingly for the explicit need to acknowledge and utilize the emotions of researchers as they study social and organizational phenomenon. Also, past research is emotionally re‐written as reflexive examples.Findings– The use of emotions as qualitative researchers can enrich the understanding of organizational and social life by offering new questions, concepts, and theories. At the level of methodology, this leads one to develop and reflect upon an emotional and cognitive orientation of the field.Originality/value– The majority of narratives in organization studies remain sanitized, emotion‐less texts. While a discussion of researcher‐emotion can remain a back‐stage activity between colleagues over dinner, It is believed that much can be gained by a more explicit discussion.
AB - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the emotional experiences from qualitative research can enrich organization and management studies.Design/methodology/approach– The paper's approach includes a review of the literature in sociology, anthropology, psychology, and feminist studies, in which scholars have argued convincingly for the explicit need to acknowledge and utilize the emotions of researchers as they study social and organizational phenomenon. Also, past research is emotionally re‐written as reflexive examples.Findings– The use of emotions as qualitative researchers can enrich the understanding of organizational and social life by offering new questions, concepts, and theories. At the level of methodology, this leads one to develop and reflect upon an emotional and cognitive orientation of the field.Originality/value– The majority of narratives in organization studies remain sanitized, emotion‐less texts. While a discussion of researcher‐emotion can remain a back‐stage activity between colleagues over dinner, It is believed that much can be gained by a more explicit discussion.
KW - Individual psychology
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Organizations
KW - Research work
KW - Research methods
U2 - 10.1108/17465640910951444
DO - 10.1108/17465640910951444
M3 - Journal article
VL - 4
SP - 46
EP - 61
JO - Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management
JF - Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management
SN - 1746-5648
IS - 1
ER -