Handbook of historical methods for management

edited by Stephanie Decker (Professor of Strategy, University of Birmingham Business School, UK, and Professor of African Business History, University of Gothenburg, Sweden), William M. Foster (Professor of Management, University of Alberta, Canada) and Elena Giovannoni (Professor of Accounting, Royal Holloway University London, UK, and University of Siena, Italy)

"The Handbook of Historical Methods for Management is invaluable for researchers seeking to expand their methodological toolkit. Not only does it showcase a variety of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of management, the Handbook also provides both practical guidance and conceptual insights that present an inclusive overview of historical techniques for management. Authored by leading experts in the field, this timely Handbook provides practical examples that explain the different processes involved in historical methods of enquiry. It introduces a wide variety of topics such as archival research, organizational memory, materiality, and ANTi-history, offering insights into the complexity of this broad field. Ultimately, the chapters revitalise historical methods in management and organizational studies through careful, interdisciplinary methodological guidance. This comprehensive Handbook is essential for business, economics and management scholars seeking to clarify their studies. It will additionally be valuable for those in management positions striving to learn more about historical perspectives used to study the field"--

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Year of publication:	2023
Other Persons:	Decker, Stephanie (ed.) ; Foster, William M. (ed.) ; Giovannoni, Elena (ed.)
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Management \| Organisationsforschung \| Organizational research \| Wissenschaftliche Methode \| Scientific method \| Ökonomische Ideengeschichte \| History of economic thought

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (462 pages)
Series:	Handbooks of research methods in management series
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: 1. Introduction: Why historical methods in management? / Stephanie Decker, William M. Foster and Elena Giovannoni -- Part I. Perspectives on historical methods: Theoretical discussions about historical methods from different perspectives -- 2. Historical organization studies / Charles Harvey and Mairi Maclean -- 3. Rhetorical history: Giving meaning to the past in past and present / Christina Lubinski -- 4. Anti-history: Let's get critical ... Critical, i want to get critical! / Gabrielle Durepos -- 5. A narrative of the historic turn in organization studies / Michael Rowlinson, Stephanie Decker and John Hassard -- 6. Researching with records in management and organisation studies: Archives, data corpus, and reflexivity / Amon Barros -- 7. On terms: A key to methodological issues in the construction of history / Albert J. Mills and Jean Helms Mills -- Part II. Historical data and sources: Ontological, epistemological and practical ways of conducting historical research -- 8. How to research in an archive / Kevin D. Tennent and Alex G. Gillett -- 9. Perspectives on oral history for historical research / Valeria Giacomin -- 10. Using accounting records as historical data sources / Christopher J. Napier -- 11. Archival research in the digital era / Adam Nix, Stephanie Decker, David A. Kirsch and Santhilata Kuppili Venkata -- 12. Multisensory approaches to researching the past: Insights from history and archaeology / Hannah Platts -- 13. Process-tracing historical research methods in management / Andrew Smith -- 14. Historical case studies: Richness, rigour and 'contextualised explanation' / Emily Buchnea -- Part III. Historical practices of analysing data and sources -- 15. Critical hermeneutics: Deriving meaning from historical sources / R. Daniel Wadhwani -- 16. Critical realism in historical research / Alistair Mutch -- 17. Prosopography and microhistory: Illuminating historical actors / Garry D. Carnegie and Karen M. McBride -- 18. Insightful empirical knowledge in grounded theory and historical organization studies / Trevor Israelsen and J. Robert Mitchell -- 19. Foucauldian approaches to researching management histories critically / Stephen Cummings and Todd Bridgman -- Part IV. Historical research for organization and society: Empirical examples of historical methods to investigate specific theoretical constructs -- 20. A call for postnational historiography: Notes on writing "history from above" / Arun Kumar -- 21. Researching past occurrences: Discovering the past through conversational inquiry / François Bastien and Diego M. Coraiola -- 22. The city of London: Genealogy of a contemporary heterotopia / Nelarine Cornelius and Eric Pezet -- 23. Exploring organisational identity through historical research methods / Elena Giovannoni and Pasquale Ruggiero -- 24. The past as corporate social responsibility / Robert Phillips, Judith Schrempf-Stirling and Christian Stutz -- 25. Embodied microhistories on the move: Materializing microhistories through walking to include the affective memories of everyday life / Jeanne Mengis, Fabio James Petani and Claudia Scholz -- 26. Narrating rhetorical history to present an appearance of organizational authenticity / Kai Lamertz -- 27. The interview and researching collective memory / Jukka Rintamäki, Sébastien Mena, William M Foster and Mike Zundel -- 28. Taming the 'mythical beast': Revisiting the myths of historical research in international business scholarship / Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki and Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani -- Index.
ISBN:	978-1-80088-374-1 ; 978-1-80088-373-4
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781800883741 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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