Differentiated realities? A response to Andrew Sayer and Bob Scapens and ChunLei Yang

Purpose – The paper aims to provide a response to commentaries in this issue by Andrew Sayer, and Robert W. Scapens and ChunLei Yang on “Case studies and differentiated realities” a paper by Sue Llewellyn published in Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management Vol. 4 No. 1, 2007. Design/methodology/approach – Discusses issues raised in the commentaries around “differentiated realities”, “pluralist ontology” and the “single reality” of social constructivism. Findings – Reiterates an understanding of the idea of “differentiated realities” and discusses the methodological implications that arise from it. Originality/value – Clarifies Llewellyn's original discussion of differentiated realities and case studies.