What is the point of method sections?
(2023) In Organization 30(6). p.1266-1272- Abstract
- There are plenty of books and articles on research methods, but few discuss the nature and purpose of method sections in academic journals. Based on interviews with critical and interpretivist researchers, this short paper examines the nature and purpose of method sections in management and organization studies. We show how researchers make sense of, and struggle with, positivist expectations about the form and content of method sections. Ultimately, we call for greater openness about what method sections might look like and ask whether all academic articles need method sections.
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- author
- Butler, Nick LU and Spoelstra, Sverre LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Organization
- volume
- 30
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 1266 - 1272
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85163389047
- ISSN
- 1350-5084
- DOI
- 10.1177/13505084231183078
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- aeb9b07c-f8e9-4c20-bf22-91e05fba806f
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