[ATTW-L] Special Issue on Qualitative Methods in Business Communication Research / International Journal of Business Communication

[Stephen Carradini]

Hello All,


I'm co-editing a special edition of *International Journal of Business
Communication *that may be of interest to those on the list. I'm happy to
answer questions off-list.

(Apologies for cross-posting.)

Best,

Stephen Carradini


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The *International Journal of Business Communication* is inviting papers
for a Special Issue on Qualitative Methods in Business Communication
Research. This volume aims to highlight the value of qualitative research
by focusing on novel methodological principles and showing the variety of
approaches undertaken by qualitative researchers.



*Qualitative *research methods focus on the *qualities *of the material
being researched, opening up new areas of inquiry by identifying,
describing, and contextualizing meaningful elements of the data.
Qualitative research can show aspects of business communication that are
largely overlooked, encourage theory building, and lend itself to novel,
emerging, interdisciplinary, and creative methods.



This Special Issue invites work on innovative approaches to qualitative
research in business communication. These could include methods of data
*collection *(e.g., surveys, focus groups, interviews, ethnographic
observation, corpus compilation); methods of data *analysis *(e.g., textual
content analysis, visual content analysis, rhetorical analysis, narrative
analysis, corpus analysis); verification methods (e.g. advances in intercoder
reliability, respondent verification, and triangulation); and researcher
response to tools, platforms, and conditions (such as researcher
positionality and bias response). Therefore, this volume seeks to highlight
work that considers challenges to and emerging approaches to qualitative
research. Papers need not use new methods in every area, but we welcome
authors who are adventurous in one or more arenas. This volume will collect
a series of papers that explain and interpret a variety of methodological
procedures and decisions in original research on business and
organizational contexts.



Because the uniting factor across papers is the focus on *methods *and
*methodologies, *the specific topics under investigation are left open to
authors to decide. We expect that authors will place great emphasis on
methodological decisions and reflect on how methodological choices impact
the final results and interpretations. The end result of the papers will be
original, innovative research.



Contributions can come from all qualitative data collection and analysis
approaches, including but not limited to:

   - Interviews
   - Focus groups
   - Narrative analysis
   - Discourse analysis
   - Pragmatics analysis
   - Textual content analysis
   - Ethnographic observation
   - Corpus analysis and compilation
   - Linguistic and rhetorical analysis
   - Computer-aided content analysis
   - Qualitative approaches to surveys
   - Visual content analysis and multimodality
   - Communicative Constitution of Organizations (CCO)


Methods that do not fit easily into categories are also welcomed.


*Submission Requirements*
Submit a preliminary extended abstract of 500-800 words (excluding
references) by *May 8 *to the Guest Editors, Stephen Carradini, Mathew
Gillings, and Sky Marsen at
https://www.businesscommunication.org/p/su/rd/survey=43c8f1ed-a8e6-11ed-8d11-bc764e103916
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businesscommunication.org/p/su/rd/survey=43c8f1ed-a8e6-11ed-8d11-bc764e103916__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!Zmxd7gFYEqvtkANO4_XfbNoK5GSF-Oo5-P4GPYILwrUO3EJFDyw2cA6ZyzOGGjQVPk7RH6CZ23goflUTLhHLQ9OZhQ$>.
Replies will be sent by *June 27th*. Full papers of approximately 8,000
words are due by *October 16th. *

 *Instructions for Extended Abstracts *

The abstracts should be as specific as possible and include:

   - a description of the area and topic examined and the aims of the paper
   - a short overview (3-4 key sources) of relevant literature that
   positions the paper
   - a description of the method/methodology covered, including
   reliability/validity/triangulation measures
   - a description of initial findings and further expected results


*Dr. Stephen Carradini (he, him, his)*
Assistant Professor
Technical Communication program
College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
*Arizona State University*

7271 E. Sonoran Arroyo Mall, 251F
Mesa, AZ 85212-2780
Mail Code: 2780

phone: 480-727-3687
email: stephen.carradini at asu.edu
web: https://stephencarradini.com
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