[FQS] Newsletter October 2009
Dear All,
Today only a short information, concerning two projects FQS is involved
in. The regular newsletter will follow end of November.
A. CfP FQS Special Issue "Methods for Qualitative Management Research"
B. CfP Conference "Is Qualitative Data Analysis Software really comparable?"
Wishing you a nice weekend!
Katja Mruck
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A) CfP FQS Special Issue "Methods for Qualitative Management Research in
the Context of Social Systems Thinking"
Editors:
Patricia Wolf (Switzerland), Jens Meissner (Switzerland), Terry Nolan
(NZ), Mark Lemon (UK), Rene John (Germany), Evangelia Baralou (Greece),
Silke Seemann (Austria)
The term "social systems," as applied in the title of this proposed
special issue, is derived chiefly from the theoretical starting point
propounded by Niklas LUHMANN. This call is intended to raise the profile
of his work in the wider English speaking research community. His work
on organizations as autopoietic social systems has only recently and
partly been made available in English. Although there exists a broad but
relatively exclusive German speaking scientific community using this
theoretical approach for research, the theory is taking a relatively
long amount of time to be acknowledged, developed, applied and critiqued
in the English speaking research community.
However, some basic theoretical assumptions are reflected in the field
of complexity science as applied in the management domain, social
constructionists' work and researchers seeking to (re-)construct
organizations as distributed self-regulating knowledge. Other related
streams highlighting a sympathetic systemic understanding of
organizations/institutions include GIDDEN's structuration theory (1984),
BOJE's (2001) work on metaphors, narratives, and storytelling, LATOUR's
(1987) and WOOLGAR's (1996) use of "actor-network theory," as well as
MACKENZIE and WAJCMAN's (1999) focus on the social construction of
technology, and no doubt others.
A key assumption this call for papers rests on, therefore, is our belief
that the reluctance of the scientific community to apply LUHMANN's
social system theory in management research boils down to: 1) the
relative difficulty readers face when trying to follow his writing and
the complexity of the theoretical approach, and, 2) more significantly,
a missing methodological basis for conducting research grounded in
LUHMANN's social system theory and related theoretical approaches.
Therefore, for this special issue, we are seeking:
-- theoretical papers reviewing the broad landscape of existing
qualitative research methods and developing an adequate methodological
canon for research grounded in LUHMANNs' social system theory and
related theoretical approaches (literature reviews following the
systematic review style will be especially welcomed);
-- empirical papers describing the application of specific qualitative
research methods actually used in research projects grounded in
LUHMANN's social system theory and related theoretical approaches and
the empirical significance of research results.
An extended abstracts (3000 words) should be submitted to the editorial
team by 15th December 2009 to Patricia Wolf: pawolf@ethz.ch
See http://www.qualitative-forschung.de/en/fqs-supplement/cfp/10-3.html
for additional information.
B) CfP Conference "Is Qualitative Data Analysis Software really comparable?"
The deadline for paper submission for the KWALON Conference "Is
Qualitative Data Analysis Software really comparable?" is nearing its
end (November 15). So please click the link or past the next URL into
your webbrowser and have a look at the Call for Papers for further
instruction on your paper:
http://www.kwalon.nl/JE%20Call%20for%20papers%20conference%20kwalon%20def.pdf
Of course, the registration is open now, and the early bird fee applies
until November 30! So inscribe yourself timely with the online
registration form which can be found at:
http://www.kwalon.nl/formulier.php
Further information on the location and program (we've found 9
developers of analysis software willing to participate in our
experiment!) can be obtained by clicking this URL/pasting it into your
webbrowser:
http://www.kwalon.nl/Conferentie%20Software%202010.html
The general website is http://www.kwalon.nl/. Here all the info
mentioned before is obtainable by several links.
We are surely hoping to see you in The Netherlands in April!
Kind regards, the organizing committee:
Jeanine Evers
Christina Silver
Katja Mruck
Bart Peeters
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