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Title Researching values : methodological approaches for understanding values work in organisations and leadership / Gry Espedal, Beate Jelstad Løvaas, Stephen Sirris, Arild Wæraas, editors
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
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Contents 1 Researching values in leadership and organisation. Introduction -- Part I: Methodological approaches to researching values -- 2 Values at work: Mapping the field through the lens of methodological approaches -- 3 Definitions as Initial and Final Point of Values Research? Searching for Mysteries in Research Projects about Values in Organisational and Leadership Studies -- 4 Intentionality and agency in values work research -- 5 Extending knowledge, improving practice, and refining values research informed by the concept of phronesis -- 6 Dilemmas and Craftsmanship Practices: Strategies for Empirically Uncovering Values and Value Conflicts -- Part II: Methods for collecting and analysing data -- 7 Research interview to investigate and co-create values -- 8 Observation and Shadowing: Two Methods to Research Values and Values Work in Organisations and Leadership -- 9 Thematic analysis: Making values emerge from texts -- 10 Identifying values through discourse analysis -- 11 A narrative approach to exploring values in organisations -- 12 Researchers role reflexivity when studying values work -- 13 Participant validationA strategy to strengthen the trustworthiness of your study and address ethical concerns -- Part III: Researching values through practical cases -- 14 The telos as a lens that illuminates values in practice -- 15 Applying a qualitative case study approach to study values in publicprivate partnerships -- 16 Values-Based Participatory Action Research in Development Ethics
Summary This open access book presents new approaches for researching values as they are performed or materialized. Values have been an important topic in academic literature for a long time; they are at the core of institutional theories and are often connected to ideals in organisations or ways of valuing. The various values-constructs are typically highlighted to underpin discussions of identity, ethos, and the purposive institutional work of leaders and employees. However, there is a need for more research on how values link and sustain actions and institutions. Contributors in this volume map and discuss useful methodological ways in which values and values work can be investigated and how research on values has been and can be applied. The chapters present different methods for collecting data, including interviews, observation and shadowing, as well as various methods for analyzing data, such as thematic, discourse and narrative analysis. Chapters also consider the role of the researcher and participant validation as a procedure to enhance the trustworthiness of the study. Finally, the book presents various empirical projects and issues related to and exemplifying values research. This book is a valuable guide for researchers and students who are looking for a practical understanding of how to research values and values work in organisations. The volume is a follow-up of the open access book, Understanding Values Work: Institutional Perspectives in Organisations and Leadership published by Palgrave Macmillan. Gry Espedal is Associate Professor at the masters program in values-based leadership at VID Specialized University, Norway. Beate Jelstad Lvaas is Associate Professor at the masters program in values-based leadership at VID Specialized University, Norway. Stephen Sirris is Professor of organisation and leadership at VID Specialized University, Norway. Arild Wraas is Professor of organisation and leadership at VID Specialized University, Norway
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Values -- Research -- Methodology
Form Electronic book
Author Espedal, Gry, editor
Jelstad Løvaas, Beate, editor
Sirris, Stephen, editor
Wæraas, Arild, 1971- editor.
ISBN 9783030907693
3030907694