Storytelling as Research/Research as Storytelling

Lewis, Patrick J.

doi:10.1177/1077800411409883

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“…Stories give a "voice to those traditionally marginalized (…and provide) a more complex and complete picture of social life" (Hendry, 2007, p. 490). It does not replace analytical thinking but can be used among other methods in qualitative research on new ground (Kendall & Kendall, 2012;Lewis, 2011), especially to foster change and innovation (Denning, 2000), two characteristics that management consulting firms in Germany could need for overcoming gender imbalances in their top management. Our story is used as a premise to ground the subsequent conceptual and interpretative argumentation of the paper.…”

Section: Methodology: Storytelling Conceptualizing and Interpretingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Imbalance in Management Consulting Firms – A Story about the Construction and Effects of Organizational Identity

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Boyoglu²

2014

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Official statements by management consulting firms on the importance and benefits of gender balancing stand in contrast with remarkably imbalanced boards of those firms in Germany and subjective perceptions of individual employees about gender biased human resource practices. It can be assumed that there are deep level root causes of gender imbalances in consulting firms which are not easy to change and which touch upon questions of organizational identity. Exploring this topic from a specific angle -explaining gender imbalance in German consulting firms by processes of identity construction -, an innovative approach is taken: a fictitious story of a female consultant joining a large management consultancy in Germany is mirrored by general findings from social identity theory literature in order to derive conceptual, interpretative conclusions on root causes of gender imbalances on senior management levels of management consulting firms.

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Section: Methodology: Storytelling Conceptualizing and Interpretingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Imbalance in Management Consulting Firms – A Story about the Construction and Effects of Organizational Identity

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Boyoglu²

2014

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“…In our analysis, we focused on finding tensions that held together the shared human activities (Bruner, 1991;Daiute, 2011;Lewis, 2011). Our goal was to be able to present a story to our reader from multiple perspectives to help them find meaning by identifying the so what and who cares about net neutrality (Bhatia, 2011;Clandinin, 2006).…”

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“…Stories help people understand complex ideas because they are often "about problems, dilemmas, contradictions and imbalances" (González-Monteagudo, 2011, p. 298) that help navigate tensions. Life becomes livable through stories because they organize complex realities (Lewis, 2011) by giving "meaning, unity, and purpose to major events and memories" (Bhatia, 2011, p. 347).…”

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Narrative Inquiry With Activity Systems

Yamagata-Lynch

Deshpande

et al. 2017

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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The goal of this article is to introduce activity systems as a methodological tool in narrative inquiry to gain a holistic understanding of socially shared experiences from an examination of documents. The research question was how can qualitative researchers use activity systems as a tool for engaging in narrative inquiry of socially shared experiences to uncover new meanings by constructing a story? In this article, we share a sample analysis of our experience relying on documents and media as a form of narrative to begin to understand the socially shared human activity associated with net neutrality and its potential impact on U.S. residents. We end this article with reflections of lessons learned from our activity systems guided story construction process.Keywords narrative inquiry, activity systems analysis, cultural historical activity theory, document analysis, net neutrality What is already known?In qualitative research, narratives bring shape and form to ideas that allow us to engage in ongoing dialogue about the idea as part of our reality. Narratives can help navigate tensions in human activity. While identifying tensions in narratives, activity systems analysis can help understand the complexities involved in human activity including tensions. What this paper adds?This article introduces activity systems a tool for qualitative researchers to engage in narrative inquiry and constructing a story about new meanings. It also introduces documents as a valuable source of data in narrative inquiry. Narrative Inquiry with Activity Systems: A Story About Net NeutralityThe goal of this article is to introduce activity systems as a methodological tool in narrative inquiry to gain a holistic understanding of socially shared experiences from documents. We engage in this discussion by referring to a sample data set from a study we conducted through document analysis about net neutrality and its implications to distance education. In this article, we asked the primary research question how can qualitative researchers use activity systems as a tool for engaging in narrative inquiry of socially shared experiences to uncover new meanings by constructing a story?We begin our discussions by introducing our understanding of narrative inquiry and its intent to find what Bruner (1991) proposed as a breach in a socially shared plight. In our sample study, the breach or tensions, as described by Engeström (1987), we encountered took on a critical role in organizing the relevant human activities we identified. We introduce our reliance on activity systems as an analytical tool to assist in finding multiple units of activities, each with its own tensions and outcomes. We discuss how the activities we found first took an important role in our sense making of net neutrality and then in our continual efforts to transform our new understandings into words through storytelling. We end this article with our reflections of lessons learned including a discussion of how approaching narrative inquiry from an activity theoretical...

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“…In our work, we promote a perspective on emergent storytelling that develops from data collection and analysis, allowing the research to drive the narrative, and situating it in the context from where data was collected. We rely on theories and practices of research and storytelling that leverage the affordances of participant observation and interview for the construction of narratives (Bailey & Tilley, 2002;de Carteret, 2008;de Jager, Fogarty & Tewson, 2017;Gallagher, 2011;Hancox, 2017;LeBaron, Jarzabkowski, Pratt & Fetzer, 2017;Lewis, 2011;Meadows, 2003).…”

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Research as storytelling: the use of video for mixed methods research

Walker

Boyer

2018

Video J. of Educ. and Pedagogy

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Background: Mixed methods research commonly uses video as a tool for collecting data and capturing reflections from participants, but it is less common to use video as a means for disseminating results. However, video can be a powerful way to share research findings with a broad audience especially when combining the traditions of ethnography, documentary filmmaking, and storytelling. Results: Our literature review focused on aspects relating to video within mixed methods research that applied to the perspective presented within this paper: the history, affordances and constraints of using video in research, the application of video within mixed methods design, and the traditions of research as storytelling. We constructed a Mind Map of the current literature to reveal convergent and divergent themes and found that current research focuses on four main properties in regards to video: video as a tool for storytelling/research, properties of the camera/video itself, how video impacts the person/researcher, and methods by which the researcher/viewer consumes video. Through this process, we found that little has been written about how video could be used as a vehicle to present findings of a study. From this contextual framework and through examples from our own research, we present current and potential roles of video storytelling in mixed methods research. With digital technologies, video can be used within the context of research not only as data and a tool for analysis, but also to present findings and results in an engaging way. Conclusions: In conclusion, previous research has focused on using video as a tool for data collection and analysis, but there are emerging opportunities for video to play an increased role in mixed methods research as a tool for the presentation of findings. By leveraging storytelling techniques used in documentary film, while staying true to the analytical methods of the research design, researchers can use video to effectively communicate implications of their work to an audience beyond academics and use video storytelling to disseminate findings to the public.

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Storytelling as Research/Research as Storytelling

Cited by 132 publications

References 8 publications

Gender Imbalance in Management Consulting Firms – A Story about the Construction and Effects of Organizational Identity

Gender Imbalance in Management Consulting Firms – A Story about the Construction and Effects of Organizational Identity

Narrative Inquiry With Activity Systems

Research as storytelling: the use of video for mixed methods research

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