
Mats Alvesson
Professor

Beyond neopositivists, romantics, and localists: A reflexive approach to interviews in organizational research
Author
Summary, in English
In this article I develop a framework for thinking about the research interview, and I critique dominating neopositivist and romantic views on the interview. I suggest eight metaphors that offer reconceptualizations of the interview, drawing upon recent theoretical trends on language, the subject, and discourse, and develop a reflexive theoretical framework. The article provides new ways of dealing. with interviews, along with implications for fieldwork interaction with subjects, interpretations of empirical material, and research questions possible or suitable to address based on interviews.
Department/s
- Department of Business Administration
Publishing year
2003
Language
English
Pages
13-33
Publication/Series
Academy of Management Review
Volume
28
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Academy of Management
Topic
- Business Administration
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0363-7425