Born on: September 5, 1999
WELCOME TO MODULE 4: STORY NETWORK


Title of this web page -->Narrative Methods for Organizational and Communication Research
Copyright © by David M. Boje, Ph.D.
Purpose: a web resource library of qualitative materials, exercises, and study guides to supplement the (2001) book titled Narrative Methods for Organizational and Communication Research. London: Sage Publications. See Amazon to order book and/or read book review.

Each module on this web site will tackle a different analysis in Narrative Analysis for Management and Communication Research (hereafter NA). Then we situate that analysis in its philosophy of science context - (press here) for summary table.

Readings Index & Abbreviations Explained (All Modules)

  1. NA Narrative Analysis for Management and Communication Research (book) by Boje (2001) the modules that follow are keyed to the chapters of this book.
  2. HQR: Handbook of Qualitative Research by Denzin & Lincoln (can buy the soft cover books; excellent book for background on methods and qualitative philosophies of science).
  3. ES: Ethnostatistics by Gephart (this book transcends all false dichotomies of qualitative and quantitative).
  4. WC: Writing Culture by Clifford & Marcus (optional good for intermediate).
  5. PO: Participant Observation by Spradley (optional good for beginners).
  6. GC: Greening Culture by Herndl & Brown (optional great for very advanced QM writing).
  7. FG: Focus Group text by Krueger (required for Marketing, optional for others).
Background Reading for this Module (bold = required).

 

LEARNING NETWORK ANALYSIS
Network Mapping Analysis

Assignment: Please tape record and transcribe an interview with someone who is older, has worked a long time in the same organization, and can give you 40 minutes of their time. Get permission to tape their story and also write notes. Could be a focus group session or one-on-one interview. Ask what story they heard about the founding of the their department or organization. Ask for significant life history events, where their organization is going, etc.  Be sure to use a good quality microphone when you tape record, and test for quality before you begin. Note, every hour of interview produces 25 to 45 pages of text (depending upon the tempo of the speaker). I want a transcript that is exact as humanly possible, using symbols for pauses, capturing all the umms and ahhs exactly. So keep the interview to 30 or 40 minutes, or you will get overwhelmed. Complete your assignment by making a network map of the stories.  This work will be basis for the next assignment.
 
Readings
*NA- Network Mapping Analysis

Web Resources 

 

 

 

MODULE 4 NETWORK ANALYSIS (Continued)  - there is a floating menu on your left that takes you between modules or to the top of this one.

Good time to begin to learn how to put some of your hand written field notes into "NUD*IST" or "Nvivo": suggest you use field notes for this (an option is to tape record, but that takes a good deal more time):

We will dicide which assignment option in class:

Assignment: use your story collection inquiry from last assignment.. Enter your data into the "Nudist" program and start your classifications. The disks provided to you in class (Nudist 4: 3 disks/set or NVIVO cd) are property of the Management Department under a site license agreement & must be returned to the instructor at the end of the semester.

Assignment Option: Head to 448/548 WebCT site at
http://salsa.nmsu.edu/SCRIPT/dboje4/scripts/serve_home and review
SEAM MASTER CODEBOOK and coding instructions  Pick one type of codes such as working conditions, then look to see how you would calssify the entries (using some new and different format). Then apply this to one of the Network analysis approaches in Narrative Methods book. (Enter your course ID and CODE, or if that does not get you access, please use ID=aggie359 CODE=adventure).

Demo NUD*IST and Nvivo
Presentation by Pat Hynes based on her dissertation - demo NUD*IST

Web Resources

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