Organizational ethnography and methodological angst: myths and challenges in the field

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to assess the myths and challenges in the field of organizational ethnography and methodological angst.Design methodology approach - This paper is initially written as an invited keynote address for the 3rd Annual Joint Symposium on "Current Developments i...

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Published in:Qualitative research in organizations and management Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 186 - 199
Main Author: Yanow, Dvora
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 21.08.2009
Subjects:
Academic disciplines
Anthropology
Cultural anthropology
Curricula
Ethnography
Ethnology
Field study
International relations
Mythology
Organization studies
Organizations
Politics
Positivism
Professional practice
Public policy
Research methodology
Social anthropology
Studies
United Kingdom > UK
Ethnography
Social anthropology
Organizations
ISSN:1746-5648, 1746-5656
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Summary:Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to assess the myths and challenges in the field of organizational ethnography and methodological angst.Design methodology approach - This paper is initially written as an invited keynote address for the 3rd Annual Joint Symposium on "Current Developments in Ethnographic Research in the Social and Management Sciences" (University of Liverpool Management School and Keele University Institute for Public Policy and Management, Liverpool, September 3-5, 2008). It explores what might be distinctive about organizational ethnography and how that might be different from "anthropological" ethnography. In particular, it engages a kind of collective methodological performance anxiety among organizational studies scholars without formal training in anthropology who do ethnographic research.Findings - The paper argues that it is time to be explicit about a variety of forms of professional angst that many ethnographic researchers within organizational studies carry which have not been discussed.Originality value - The paper is of value to those willing to consider the myths and challenges that need engaging and perhaps uprooting and casting off.
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DOI:10.1108/17465640910978427