Critical Management Research

Emma Jeanes is based at Exeter University, and is affiliated to Lund University. Her research interests include the experiences of work, gender, discrimination, ethics, reflexivity, and the distinctions between work and life 'outside' of (paid) work. She takes an historical, sociological and philosophical approach to her research. Tony Huzzard is Professor of Organisation Studies at the Department of Business Administration, Lund University and is also Visiting Professor at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. He has researched and published widely on organisational development, work organisation and industrial relations. His current research interests are diverse including corporate governance and work organisation, process organising in health care and the branding of business schools.

Introduction - Emma Jeanes and Tony Huzzard Approaching the field Problematization meets mystery creation: Generating new ideas and findings through assumption challenging research - Mats Alvesson and Jorgen Sandberg Researcher collaboration: Learning from experience - Emma Jeanes, Bernadette Loacker and Martyna Sliwa In the field Critical ethnographic research: Negotiations, influences, and interests - Daniel Nyberg and Helen Nicholson Critical action research - Tony Huzzard and Yvonne Johansson Doing research in your own organization: Being native, going stranger - Mathias Skrutkowski Critical and compassionate interviewing: Asking until it makes sense - Susanne Ekman Critical Netnography: Conducting critical research online - Jon Bertilsson Out of the field Motifs in the methods section: Representing the qualitative research process - Karen Lee Ashcraft and Catherine S. Ashcraft Thickening thick descriptions: Overinterpretations in critical organizational ethnography - Peter Svensson Conceptually grounded analysis: The elusive facticity and ethical upshot of `Organization' - Hugh Willmott Writing: What can be said, by who, and where? - Martin Parker Conclusion: Reflexivity, ethics and the researcher - Emma Jeanes and Tony Huzzard

With the growing interest in critical management studies, this timely volume engages with the practices and dilemmas of 'doing' critical management research. A highly credible international team of authors provide reflections on issues ranging from methodology, ethics and reflexivity to the practices of writing. This collection is an invaluable resource for critically-inclined graduate students and experienced researchers alike. -- Christopher Grey, Professor of Organization Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London * Christopher Grey, Professor of Organization Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London * A seasoned group of authors share their insights form spending years in the field conducting research. This is highly recommended for anyone hoping to put critical management studies to work. -- Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Cass Business School, City University * Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Cass Business School, City University * This collection's 13 chapters are written by 17 authors. They provide a comprehensive overview of the current stage of critical management research (CMR). -- Thomas Klikauer, University of Western Sydney, Australia