Field Guide to Intercultural Research (Elgar Field Guides)

Synopsis

This informative Field Guide to Intercultural Research is specifically designed to be used in the field, guiding the reader away from pitfalls and towards best practice. It shares valuable fieldwork challenges and experiences, as well as insights into key methodological debates and practical recommendations relevant to both new and seasoned researchers. Offering an international outlook and featuring insights from across four continents, this invaluable guide introduces new methods and approaches to data analysis, tackling various research phases, including perspectives from quantitative researchers. It focuses on the role of culture and the intercultural challenges that fieldworkers encounter, enticing readers into further conversations concerning the role of fieldwork in producing new knowledge. Expert contributors illustrate the benefits of field research in intercultural research not only to academic literature, but also to organizational policies and the societies within which we work and live. Including insights from the fields of ethnography and social anthropology, this cutting edge guide is crucial reading for all students and researchers of business and management studies as well as organizational development hoping to begin their foray into fieldwork, as well as experienced scholars looking for new approaches to field research. It will also benefit management professionals and consultants in need of an expanded knowledge base for conducting action research or other interventions in organizations.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781788970129

Related ISBNs:

9781788970112

Publisher:

Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Addition:

01/24/21

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N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Reference, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

David S. Guttormsen

Edited by:

Jakob Lauring

Edited by:

Malcolm Chapman