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Organizational Theory and Inquiry
The Paradigm Revolution

Edited by:

Yvonna S. Lincoln - Texas A&M University, USA

Volume: 75

Other Titles in:
Qualitative Research

231 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

The transition from viewing organizations as bureaucracies towards seeing them in metaphoric terms is a contemporary break with past organizational theory. But to investigate the similarities between real organizations and the metaphors describing their functions and context, a shift in both methods of inquiry and organizational theory must take place. This volume explores the paradigm shift at three levels: an overview of historical roots; an explication of terminology, metaphors and constructs; and the practical application of these new organizational inquiry methods, especially for actual research practices and policy analysis applications.

Yvonna S Lincoln

Introduction

The Context of the Paradigmatic Shift

David L Clark

Emerging Paradigms in Organizational Theory and Research

Egon G Guba

The Context of Emergent Paradigm Research

The Concepts of the Paradigmatic Shift

Karl E Weick

Sources of Order in Unorganized Systems: Themes in Recent Organizational Theory

Yvonna S Lincoln

The Substance of the Emergent Paradigm: Implications for Researchers

Applications in the Practice of Research

Anne Sigismund Huff

Managerial Implications of the Emerging Paradigm

Thomas M Skritic

Doing Naturalistic Research into Educational Organizations

Yvonna S Lincoln

Epilogue: Dictionaries for Languages Not Yet Spoken

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Yvonna S. Lincoln

Yvonna S. Lincoln is Professor Emerita at Texas A&M University, where she held the Ruth Harrington Chair of Educational Leadership and was Distinguished Professor of Higher Education. She is the coeditor of the journal Qualitative Inquiry, coeditor of the first through six editions of The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, and coeditor of The SAGE Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies. As well, she is the coauthor, editor, or coeditor of more than a half dozen other books and volumes. She has served as the President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education and the American Evaluation Research Association,... More About Author