Lecture 1................................................................................................................................................... 2
Cornelissen & Durand (2014) – Moving forward: developing theoretical contributions in
management studies ............................................................................................................................ 2
Edmondson & McManus (2007) – Methodological fit in management field research ....................... 4
Sandberg & Alvesson (2011) – Ways of constructing research questions: gap-spotting or
problematization? ................................................................................................................................ 6
Tang & Ellsaesser (2011) – How contrastive explanation facilitates theory building ......................... 8
Van de Ven (2007) - Chapter 5 variance and process models ............................................................. 9
Lecture 2................................................................................................................................................. 11
Alvesson, M. (2003) – Beyond neopositivists, romantics, and localists: a reflexive approach to
interviews in organizational research ................................................................................................ 11
Johnson, B. & Turner, L. – Data collection strategies in mixed methods research ........................... 11
Lecture 3................................................................................................................................................. 13
Van de Ven (2007) – Chapter 6 .......................................................................................................... 13
Lecture 4................................................................................................................................................. 14
Eisenhardt (1989) ............................................................................................................................... 14
Yin (2003) - Chapter 2 Designing case studies ................................................................................... 16