Positioning qualitative research as resistance to the institutionalization of the academic labour process

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1315-1336

  Symon, Gillian ^a   Buehring, Anna ^b   Johnson, Phil ^c   Cassell, Catherine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic labour process; Institutional work; Qualitative research; Resistance; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249085197     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607086552     Document Type: Article

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