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2025 AOM Annual Meeting

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10607: How Paradigms Inform Your Qualitative Research and How Others Will Assess It

Friday, July 25, 2025
10:30 - 12:30 CEST (GMT+2)
Location: Bella Center: Hall B- B2-m9
Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Teaching,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/QGWaJX
As qualitative researchers, we develop different types of theories and work within different ontological and epistemological paradigms. In particular, the process of coming from data to theorizing is informed by what our underlying thinking is about ontology, epistemology, axiology and methodology. Even though current methodological conversations offer new avenues for thinking about different paradigms and their linkage to theorizing (e.g., styles of theorizing, bridging between paradigms, living with multiple paradigms), limited guidance exists for the ways in which different paradigms shape how researchers decide what should be studied, how research should be done, and how results should be interpreted. The purpose of this PDW is to explore the philosophy of science behind the different paradigms we have in qualitative research and their potential for supporting theorizing that leads to more original research in management and organization studies (MOS). This workshop seeks to create a space for discovery and equip management scholars with the tools needed for learning how the diversity of paradigms inform research and how others (such as PhD examiners or reviewers) will assess it. From our invited experts and in breakout groups, this PDW explores different avenues for thinking about how distinct onto-epistemological paradigms play out in methods such as in interviews, in process studies, a meta-synthesis, or in a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). Given the diverse phenomena of interest in MOS, the PDW opens up the various ways of paradigmatic thinking to explore its linkage to methodological and methods choices, and the potential for more expansive, imaginative and original research.

Participation in part 2 of the PDW requires pre-registration and is limited. Please register via this link: https://tinyurl.com/2h5477t3