Ethnography and organisations

Materiality and Change as Methodological Challenges

Bibliographic Data

ID2403906
AuthorsC Schubert (0000-0003-2861-4007, University of Siegen, Department of Social Sciences, Germany, corresponding author), Tobias Röhl (0000-0003-1363-6633, University of Siegen, CRC Media of Cooperation, Germany)
Year2019
Volume19
Issue2
Pages164-181
Publication date2019-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7941 • E-ISSN: 1741-3109
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468794117744748
OpenAlexW2773463105
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited73

We discuss two methodological challenges for ethnographies of organisations that have become increasingly relevant, namely issues of materiality and change. Both have been addressed separately in the past and we revisit the arguments made so far in order to bring them together. The two methodological challenges are connected to empirical developments and theoretical advances in organisation studies and beyond. We argue that materiality and change can be taken up by ethnographic research of organisations in different manners, but that they have to be addressed in order to gain a deeper understanding in current processes of organising. We also see these challenges as two interrelated themes that may help to make different organisational ethnographies comparable

Aesthetics · Business · Empirical research · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Ethnography · Sociology · Anthropology · Engineering · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Management and Organizational Studies · Management Theory and Practice

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