Doing Critical Management ResearchSAGE, 2000 - 232 pages Providing a detailed discussion of the practice of doing critical research in organizations, utilizing both qualitative research processes and critical theories of organizations, this textbook will be essential for all those involved in interpreting and researching contemporary institutions and organizations. This volume gives an authoritative and insightful framework for navigating critical theories and methods across the social sciences, but in particular in relation to the study of corporate organizations. |
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Contents
Alternative social science research perspectives | 23 |
Critical overview of quantitative and conventional | 49 |
critical theory | 81 |
New rules for research | 112 |
A framework for critical research | 139 |
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