Researching Values : : Methodological Approaches for Understanding Values Work in Organisations and Leadership.

• Author: Espedal, Gry.
• TeilnehmendeR: Jelstad Løvaas, Beate.; Sirris, Stephen.; Wæraas, Arild.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (314 pages)

Table of Contents

Researching Values -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- 1: Researching Values in Organisations and Leadership -- The Complexity of Research on Values -- Key Concepts and Questions in This Book -- Overview of the Chapters in This Book -- Challenges to Future Research Methods -- References -- Part I: Methodological Approaches to Researching Values -- 2: Values at Work: Mapping the Field Through the Lens of Methodological Approaches -- Introduction -- Researching Values: A Brief Overview -- Studying Explicit Values Using Quantitative Approaches -- Studying Implicit Values Using Qualitative Approaches -- Studying Explicit and Implicit Values Using Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches -- Philosophical Underpinnings for Qualitative and Quantitative Research -- Linking Research Aim with Methodological Choices -- Mixed Methods Research as a Way Forward -- Mixed Methods Values Research -- Challenges Related to Mixed Methods Research -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Definitions as Initial and Final Point of Values Research? Searching for Mysteries in Research Projects About Values in Organisational and Leadership Studies -- Introduction -- A Plea for More Definitions -- How to Define Values? -- Contact Sites for Definitions in Value Research -- The Connection Between Value Definition and Sampling -- Value Definition in Writing Up the Research: The Final Section -- Conclusion -- References -- Websites -- 4: Intentionality and Agency in Values Work Research -- Introduction -- Values and Values Work and Their Relation to Intentionality -- Intentionality and Consequence Versus Appropriateness -- Intentionality and Agency -- Values and Values Work and Social Order -- Intentionality, Agency and Their Implications for Qualitative Methods -- Qualitative Interviews.

Participant Observations and Shadowing Observations -- Combining Methods to Capture Different Forms of Agency -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Extending Knowledge, Improving Practice and Refining Values: Research Informed by the Concept of Phronesis -- Introduction -- Phronesis: Unpacking the Concept -- Translating Phronesis into Research Design -- Identifying the Goal -- Designing Research Tools, Data Sampling and Collecting the Data -- Analysis -- Future-Oriented Reflection on Change -- Navigating Challenges -- Resource Intensity (Time, Skills) -- Ambiguities Regarding the Nature of Empirical Data -- Power Asymmetries -- Division of Labour -- Achieving Change -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: Dilemmas and Craftsmanship Practices: Strategies for Empirically Uncovering Values and Value Conflicts -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background: Value Pluralism -- Strategy 1: Studying Dilemmas -- Strategy 2: Studying Craftsmanship Practices -- Methodology -- Dilemmas -- Craftsmanship Practices -- The Follow-up Strategy of Q-Methodology -- Coding and Research Heuristic -- How to Analyse Data on Dilemmas -- How to Analyse Data on Craftsmanship Practices -- How to Analyse Data from Q-Methodology -- Examples of Empirical Studies on Value Conflicts -- Procedural Versus Performance Values -- A Municipality and a Hospital -- Values of Academic Teachers -- Values in the Police -- Values in the Prison Sector -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Methods for Collecting and Analysing Data -- 7: Research Interviews to Investigate and Co-create Values -- Introduction -- Research Interviews and Their Philosophical Underpinnings -- The Role of the Interviewer -- The Process of Inter-Viewing -- Inter-View as a Narrative Inquiry to Research Values -- Co-creating Meaning: Practical Examples from a Research Process.

Practical Considerations in Conveying Research Interviews -- Questions to Identify Values -- Ethical Sensitivity and Interviewing -- When to Use Research Interviews? -- Conclusion -- References -- 8: Observation and Shadowing: Two Methods to Research Values and Values Work in Organisations and Leadership -- Introduction -- Observation Methods in Organisation and Leadership Research -- Managerial Work Behaviour -- Observation and Shadowing -- Participant Observation -- Semi-structured Shadowing -- Researching Values in Practices -- Shadowing Supplemented by Interviews and Document Analysis -- Observation and Shadowing -- Contributions and Implications of Observational Methods -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 9: Thematic Analysis: Making Values Emerge from Texts -- Introduction -- Thematic Analysis: A Brief Overview -- Assigning Codes to Data -- From Codes to Themes -- Organizing Themes -- Thematic Analysis of Values -- Coding Explicitly Expressed Values -- Coding Implicit Values -- Coding at the Latent Level -- Generating Themes from Codes -- Visual Representations -- Conclusion -- References -- 10: Identifying Values Through Discourse Analysis -- Introduction -- What Is Discourse Analysis? -- Discourse Analysis and Other Analytical Techniques -- Discourse Analysis and Values -- Three Discourse Analysis Approaches -- Structural-Semantic Discourse Analysis -- Critical Discourse Analysis -- Discursive Psychology -- A Text Example -- Discursive Analysis of the Example Text -- Critical Remarks on the Method -- Conclusion -- References -- 11: A Narrative Approach to Exploring Values in Organisations -- Introduction -- What Is a Narrative? -- When to Use a Narrative Approach -- Narratives and Values -- Exploring Values Through Narratives -- Narrative Research -- Analysing Narratives Through Three Case Studies -- Conclusion -- References.

12: Researchers' Role Reflexivity When Studying Values Work -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Scientific Paradigms and Researcher's Positioning -- Definitions-Roles and Reflexivity -- Values and Role Reflexivity -- Methods and Role Reflexivity -- Role Reflexivity in Values Research -- Phase 1: Claiming and Establishing Roles-Research Interest and Self-presentation -- Phase 2: Performing and Negotiating Roles-Attribution and Preference -- Phase 3: Role Reflexivity and Interpreting -- Conclusion -- References -- 13: Participant Validation: A Strategy to Strengthen the Trustworthiness of Your Study and Address Ethical Concerns -- Introduction -- Former Studies on Participant Validation -- Participant Validation in a Study of Cultural Diversity and Inclusion -- Validation of Shadowing Reports -- Validation of Observation in Interviews -- Validation of Preliminary Analysis in Focus Groups -- Participant Validation-Ethical Concerns and Values Work -- Addressing and Generating Ethical Concerns -- Generating New Data -- Participant Validation as a Site and Opportunity for Values Work -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part III: Researching Values Through Practical Cases -- 14: The 'Telos' as a Lens That Illuminates Values in Practice -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framing -- Institutional Logics: A Brief Overview -- Values and Institutional Logics -- The 'Telos' as a Category -- Capturing Institutional Logics in Action -- Using the 'Pattern Matching Technique' -- Constructing the Typology of Logics -- Researching Values in Practice -- Identifying Institutional Logics -- Identifying the 'Telos' -- Using the 'Telos' to Identify and Research Values in Practice -- Conclusion -- References -- 15: Applying a Qualitative Case Study Approach to Study Values in Public-Private Partnerships -- Introduction: What Is Case Study Research?.

Public Values and New Public Management -- Applying the Multiple Case Study Approach -- The Importance of Context -- Operationalisation of the Central Research Concept -- Considering Context and Case Characteristics -- Data Collection and Respondent Selection -- Data Analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- 16: Values-Based Participatory Action Research in Development Ethics -- Introduction -- Participatory Action Research -- Development -- An Ethics of Regards -- Translating Values-Based Participatory Action Research into Research Design -- Discussion: Pros and Cons of Values-Based Participatory Action Research -- Going Beyond Participation to Recognition -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.