Longitudinal Field Research Methods
by Huber, George P.; Van De Ven, Andrew H.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-08-02
Publisher(s): Sage Pubns
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Summary
The use of longitudinal field research methods is fundamental to understanding the dynamics of organizational life and to developing and testing theories of organizational adaptation, change, innovation and redesign.This book focuses on both the design and conduct of longitudinal research in the field and on the methods used to analyze and interpret process patterns in longitudinal data. The contributors discuss a wide range of methodological issues including: ethnographic methods; longitudinal and comparative case studies; event history analysis; and real-time tracking of events. They also address various procedures that can be used to tabulate, code and interpret both quantitative and qualitative data collected in the field.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Longitudinal Field Research Methods for Studying Processes of Organization Change - Stephen R Barley | |
| Images of Imaging | |
| Notes on Doing Longitudinal Field Work - Dorothy Leonard-Barton | |
| A Dual Methodology for Case Studies | |
| Synergistic Use of a Longitudinal Single Site with Replicated Multiple Sites - Kathleen M Eisenhardt | |
| Building Theories from Case Study Research - Andrew M Pettigrew | |
| Longitudinal Field Research on Change | |
| Theory and Practice - William H Glick et al | |
| Studying Changes in Organizational Design and Effectiveness | |
| Retrospective Event Histories and Periodic Assessments - Andrew H Van de Ven and Marshall Scott Poole | |
| Methods for Studying Innovation Development in the Minnesota Innovation Research Program - Robert D McPhee | |
| Alternate Approaches to Integrating Longitudinal Case Studies - Andrew Abbott | |
| A Primer of Sequence Methods - Rajiv Sabherwal and Daniel Robey | |
| An Empirical Taxonomy of Implementation Processes Based on Sequences of Events in Information System Development - Peter R Monge | |
| Theoretical and Analytical Issues in Studying Organizational Processes - Alan D Meyer, James B Goes and Geoffrey R Brooks | |
| Organizations Reacting to Hyperturbulence |
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