From Messy Qualitative Data to a First Draft

Date and Time

Friday, October 25 12:00pm — 1:30pm

Location

303 Alfred Street Newark, DE 19716

Hosted by

Lerner College of Business & Economics
Go to event

Event Description

Are you working with messy qualitative data? Are you considering doing so and want to learn more? This session is for you.

As a leading expert with extensive experience in publishing qualitative research, Dr. Paula Jarzabkowski will demystify the processes of transforming rich, messy qualitative data into a cohesive first paper submission. The session offers tips from collecting field data to theorizing about the data. We will explore the how and why of writing a thick description, early first coding, how to move codes to more thematic categories, and get behind the labels of inductive and abductive coding to what doing them means in practice. To make the most of this session, considering reading in advance:

o Locke, K., Golden-Biddle, K., & Feldman, M. S. (2008). Perspective—Making doubt generative: Rethinking the role of doubt in the research process. Organization Science, 19(6), 907-918.

o Langley, A. (1999). Strategies for theorizing from process data. Academy of Management Review, 24(4), 691-710.

Hosted by: Lerner College Department of Business Administration, Management Area

Buy tickets Go to event