Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research in Organizational Communication

The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research in Organizational Communication is a state-of-the-art resource for scholars, students, and practitioners seeking to deepen their understanding and expertise in this dynamic field.

Written by a global team of established and emerging experts, this Handbook provides a comprehensive exploration of the field’s foundational traditions of epistemology and theory, as well as its latest methodologies, methods, issues, and debates.

The volume reflects a diverse range of approaches (e.g., mixed-methods, ethnographic, rhetorical, pragmatist, phenomenological, feminist, critical race, postcolonial, queer, and engaged), and covers a broad spectrum of topics ranging from data collection and analysis, to representation.

Additionally, this Handbook addresses emerging trends such as digital forensics, post-qualitative research, and the transformative impact of COVID-19 on the conduct of qualitative research in organizational communication.

As the first volume of its kind in this field, The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research in Organizational Communication is a cornerstone text for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in understanding the vital role of communication in organizational life.

Part 1: Approaches to Qualitative Organizational Communication Research 
Part 2: Data Collection in Qualitative Organizational Communication Research: Methods and Issues
Part 3: Data Analysis and Representation in Qualitative Organizational Communication Research: Methods and Issues
Part 4: The Future of Qualitative Organizational Communication Research

Boris H. J. M. Brummans is a Professor in the Département de Communication at the Université de Montréal in Canada. His research interests include agency, mindful organizing, organizational communication, organizational ethnography, and process philosophy. He has contributed chapters to several edited books and his articles appear in international peer-reviewed journals such as Communication Monographs, Human Relations, Information, Communication & Society, Management Communication Quarterly, Organization Studies, and Qualitative Inquiry. His edited volume, The Agency of Organizing: Perspectives and Case Studies (Routledge), received the 2018 Outstanding Edited Book Award from the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association and he served as an Associate Editor of Management Communication Quarterly from 2015 to 2019. Currently, he is Chair of the International Communication Association′s (ICA) Organizational Communication Division. Bryan C. Taylor is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado-Boulder in the USA. His research and teaching interests include qualitative research methods, organizational culture, and critical security studies. His qualitative research has been published in journals including Communication Research, Culture and Organization, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Western Journal of Communication, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Management Communication Quarterly, and the Romanian Journal Communication and Public Relations. He is the co-author of three editions of Qualitative Communication Research Methods (SAGE), and co-editor of Nuclear Legacies: Communication, Controversy, and the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Production Complex (Lexington Books), as well as The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Security. Anu Sivunen is Professor of Communication at University of Jyväskylä in Finland. Her research focuses on new forms of organizing, such as remote and flexible work arrangements, communication processes and identity issues in global teams, and organizational communication technologies and their affordances. Her research interests also include employees’ work-life boundary management and organizational space. Her qualitative and conceptual work has appeared in international publications from a variety of disciplines, such as Academy of Management Annals, Human Relations, Information Technology and People, International Journal of Communication, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of the Association of Information Systems, and Small Group Research. This work has earned awards from the National Communication Association, International Communication Association, and Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. Anu has been a Visiting Scholar at University of California, Santa Barbara and at Stanford University in the USA.