Management and organizational history has grown into an established field of research with
competing and contrasting approaches and methods that are relevant for management and …

Historical research now has a relatively high profile in organization studies, and
organization theories are better represented in business history, thanks to increased …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, it seeks to trace the origins of the various
strands of postmodernism within German philosophic idealism; traditions of thought which …

This paper draws upon archival and oral history research on organizational transition at
Procter & Gamble (1950–2009), during which P&G evolved from a multinational to a global …

Purpose This paper aims to explore the turn in management and organization studies (MOS)
and reflect on “history as theory” versus “history as method”. Design/methodology/approach …

At its simplest, archival research can be said to involve the study of collections of documents
(eg newsletters, annual reports, memoranda) and artifacts (eg uniforms, photographs) to …

Purpose This paper articulates a multi-contextual and dynamic system for memory research
in relation to multi-cultural organizations (MCOs) by a qualitative research method …

Drawing on Actor-Network Theory and the cartography of controversies, we present a
method for ANTi-History research to investigate the implementation of a contract between a …

The status of historical narratives remains a central concern for the historic turn in
organization studies (Clark and Rowlinson, 2004). In fact, a preoccupation with narrative …

Both business historians and organisation studies scholars study institutional change to
understand the interactions between business and society. However, research approaches …