This chapter introduces a new materialist approach to research, which typically employs qualitative data but differs from more conventional qualitative paradigms in that it is relational and performative. A relational/performative paradigm shifts our perspective from seeing a world made up of...

This chapter addresses the process of qualitative research from the perspective of an early career researcher. Drawing on a qualitative paper developed as part of the author's Master of Research, this chapter provides an overview of the project setup, research design, development of research...

This chapter describes a qualitative case study, conducted over 2011–15, concerning the high-profile collapse of a financial services provider in Australia. The research, based on a variety of qualitative data, explored the detail of individuals’ perspectives regarding financial loss. The...

This chapter presents an exemplar in the field of finance, showing the effective use of qualitative research in studying the disruption to global supply chains caused by Covid-19. The researcher interviewed 27 knowledgeable respondents in different industries, including the garment manufacturing...

This chapter explores how two broad institutions, namely, religious beliefs and economic ideologies, have pressured the emergence of two unified sets of Islamic finance services in Türkiye and Pakistan. The chapter also includes debates about the prevailing dominance of Middle Eastern...

This chapter delves into the unexplored realm of indigenous investments in the field of finance, using content analysis as a qualitative methodology to unveil intriguing insights. The study focusses on the investment entities of Iwi, the tribal entities of Māori in New Zealand, aiming to...

Chapters in this section of the book provide examples of effective use of qualitative research in the finance context, and in this chapter, we combine our experience based on our published social histories of finance. One project investigated the legacy of a seminal finance research paper while...

This chapter provides insight into conducting an ethnographic inquiry by evaluating the author's qualitative research process, product, and publication of a study that investigated the research culture in the academic field of finance through the lens of its gatekeepers including...

The aims of the chapter are twofold. First, to provide an exemplar of autoethnographic methodology as a form of social inquiry that draws on personal experience to illuminate counternarratives that critique a dominant culture. Second, through autoethnography to explore the risks and rewards...

This chapter provides researchers with a broad understanding of how to use Dedoose, a qualitative and mixed methods data analysis application, to strengthen their qualitative analysis and writing. Topical areas include: a) data preparation; b) data import; c) coding; d) memos; e) integrating...