International Journal of Organizational Analysis: Volume 20 Issue 1

Pragmatism and heterodoxy in organization research: Going beyond the quantitative/qualitative divide

Mihaela Kelemen, Nick Rumens

The aim of this special issue is to bring together contributions from diverse perspectives interested in challenging the quantitative/qualitative divide within organisation and…

Paradigm “wars” as methodenstreit: Methodology of management studies meets economic methodology

Matthias Klaes

This paper is concerned with the quantitative/qualitative divide as a particular feature of recent methodological debate in organization research. While substantively this divide…

The concept of alienation: towards conceptual clarity

Nisha Nair, Neharika Vohra

Although alienation as a concept has a rich history, it has suffered relative neglect in organizational studies and one possible reason for the same is its conceptual ambiguity…

Fresh insights into British apprenticeship schemes: A multi‐perspective, multi‐method approach

Teresa Oultram

The purpose of this paper is to show how research that is approached from multiple perspectives, using multiple methods, can help to illuminate the complex and contested nature of…

Exploring organizational architecture and space: a case for heterodox research

Tuomo Peltonen

The purpose of this paper is to advance the methodological self‐understanding of the emerging field of organizational space and architecture by employing concepts and frameworks…

Bridging rigour and relevance: Weber's research approach to understand knowledge integration in creative processes of teams spanning over time and space

Ylenia Curzi, Rosana Silveira Reis

The purpose of this paper is to call for an in‐depth reflection on Weber's research approach based on the notions of adequate causation and objective possibility.

Purity in danger: power, negotiation and ontology in medical practice

Lindsay Hamilton

Organizational analysts have long questioned the ways in which professional knowledge becomes powerful. The purpose of this paper is to extend that enquiry by examining two…

From the Frankfurt School to business schools: critical management studies in Turkey

Kerim Ozcan

Critical management studies (CMS), as an unorthodox management perspective, has become more and more accepted in Western business schools. The purpose of this paper is to…

2011 Awards for Excellence

Max Visser