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Relational Methods in Organization Studies: A Critical Overview

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Organizational studies research often falls into the trap of dealing with individuals, organizations, and the macro context in which they are placed independently. Relational perspectives seek to counteract this tendency in organization studies by proposing an approach to research which captures the complexity of organizational phenomena by exploring them as irreducibly interconnected sets of relationships. In this chapter, we do not only examine the essentials of ontology and epistemology of relational methods but also provide examples from field studies which are underpinned by relational thinking.

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Özbilgin, M., Vassilopoulou, J. (2018). Relational Methods in Organization Studies: A Critical Overview. In: Ciesielska, M., Jemielniak, D. (eds) Qualitative Methodologies in Organization Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65442-3_7

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