Mclachlan, CJ and Garcia, RJ (2015) Philosophy in practice? Doctoral struggles with ontology and subjectivity in qualitative interviewing. Management Learning, 46 (2). 195 - 210 (16). ISSN 1350-5076
Abstract
This article presents an auto-ethnographic, narrative account of the struggles we – as doctoral students working in a business school – experienced navigating the link between research philosophy and methodology. We focus on a popular philosophical perspective amongst doctoral students: critical realism. In particular, we use an illustrative example of how we sought to apply this seemingly abstract philosophical perspective in practice in our qualitative interviews, using what we term the ontological whats and epistemological hows. Our initial critical realist approach proved inadequate however, prompting us to understand qualitative interviewing in more social constructionist terms. Given this, we suggest that doctoral students (and researchers) are reflexive and provocative in their use of applying research philosophy to methodology. In sharing our experiences, we offer a pedagogical contribution for fellow doctoral students and qualitative researchers alike.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015, Sage Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Management Learning. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Auto-ethnography; business schools,; critical realism; narrative; qualitative methods; social constructionism |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2015 09:11 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2018 12:17 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350507615574634 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Sage Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1350507615574634 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:87285 |