Abstract
Qualitative research has been heralded for contributing novel insights and theoretical perspectives to the management and organization literature (Eisenhardt, 1989; Pratt, 2009; Van Maanen, 1979, 1998; Whetten, 1989). The processes used by qualitative researchers to achieve these outcomes are often invisible to the reader, yet a set of principled, systematic approaches underlies the practices followed by qualitative researchers. In this chapter we illuminate a sampling technique that has been employed in recent works but has yet to be delineated as a methodology: structural sampling.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Handbook of Qualitative Organizational Research |
| Subtitle of host publication | Innovative Pathways and Methods |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 251-261 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781317908784 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781848725096 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- General Business, Management and Accounting