Panel Session
1 to 2.00 Panelists presentations:  Stephen Barley,  John Van Maanen,  Andrew Hargadon,  Bill McKelvey
2 to 2.15 Discussion and Q&A with panelists
2.15 to 2.45: Presentation by Editors: Linda Argote, Arie Lewin, Sara Rynes, Edward Zajac, John Wagner

Parallel Sessions
3 to 3.45 Tutorials Round 1: Karen D Locke, J. Peter Murmann, Klaus Weber, Mark Zbaracki
4 to 4.45 Tutorials Round 2:  same as above

Descriptions of tutorials are provided below

Meet the Editors
3 to 5   Participants:  Linda Argote, Deborah Dougherty, Michael Pratt, Sara Rynes, Edward Zajac, John Wagner

Paper Discussions
3:30 to 5

Discussants:  Jean Bartunek, Diana Day,  Kimberly D Elsbach, C. Marlena Fiol, Mariann Jelinek, Candace Jones, Mitchell P Koza, Chet Miller, Nicolaj Siggelkow, and Christine Quinn Tran

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Important Note about Paper Discussion Session
Participants interested in submitting a working paper for feedback in the working paper discussion groups need to send their papers (more than 10 and less than 35 pages) to dlday at camden dot rutgers dot edu (dlday at camden dot rutgers dot edu) at by July 10. Each paper should provide several key words on the title page indicating the type of qualitative method, data, and analysis techniques used. Working papers will be accepted for evaluation and feedback in this part of the workshop on a basis of first-come, first-served until we fill all the slots we can make available. ONLY those participating in the working paper sessions need to register through submitting a paper. All other parts of the PDW are open to everyone.

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Description of Tutorials
1. Karen Locke—Theoretical Framing

Qualitative researchers pursing emergent research designs face the challenge of theorizing across two worlds: we have to find abstract representations of the talk and interaction encountered in the field to create a coherent field story that simultaneously extends theorizing in the Academy. I will explore different ways of framing field stories so that they amount to more than a collection of categories and different ways of integrating field experience with disciplinary theorizing.

2.  Peter Murmann—Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in the Comparative and in Longitudinal Studies

I will talk about the fallacious aspects of the qualitative/quantitative distinction, how one can enrich ?quantitative? studies with the comparative, qualitative method, and vice versa. I will suggest ways in which qualitative comparative studies can have high internal and external validity, and they can be used to test as well as build theory. I will also lay out strategies I developed to collect at the same time qualitative and quantitative data. I will also briefly talk about automatic coding of archival sources. 

3. Klaus Weber—Computer-assisted and Computer-automated Analysis of Textual Data

This tutorial provides an overview of the most common forms of computer-assisted and computer-automated analysis of textual data. I will cover and compare major approaches to automated analysis currently used in organization studies, namely varieties of content, network and map analysis. A good part of the session consists of a hands-on walk-through of concrete steps in the process of moving from documents or recordings to analysis and presentation, using an example document and software demo. I will also address questions such as, What analytic approach is suitable for my data?  When should I use automated, computer-assisted or manual analysis? What types of software is available? How can I present the outcome of my analysis in a systematic and intuitive fashion? I expect the session to be fairly interactive, with plenty of opportunities to ask specific questions.

4. Mark Zbaracki—What is an Insight

In seeking to do original research, one of the central questions for any scholar is figuring out how they can provide insight given the wisdom of the research that has gone before them. This question is all the more pressing for those doing qualitative research, because such work relies primarily on the observations of the scholar for its insight. In this tutorial, I will use a variety of examples to demonstrate how to use qualitative work to provide insight. I begin by showing how a properly chosen sample can generate insight, but then focus in detail on how data collection and analysis can generate insight from qualitative data. I argue that research that generates insight relies on the research that has been done before.

Details on the Presenters

Participant: Stephen Barley; Stanford U;
Participant: John Van Maanen; Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Participant: Andrew B. Hargadon; U. of California, Davis;
Participant: Bill McKelvey; U. of California, Los Angeles;
Participant: Deborah J Dougherty; Rutgers U.;  Associate Editor Organization Science
Participant: Klaus Weber; Northwestern U.;
Participant: Karen D Locke; College of William and Mary;
Participant: Mark J Zbaracki; New York U.;
Participant: Mauro F Guillen; U. of Pennsylvania;
Participant: Nicolaj Siggelkow; U. of Pennsylvania;
Participant: Kimberly D Elsbach; U. of California, Davis;
Participant: Chet Miller; Wake Forest U.;  Associate Editor AMJ
Participant: Candace Jones; Boston College;
Participant: Sara L Rynes; U. of Iowa; Editor AMJ
Participant: Linda Argote; Carnegie Mellon U.; Editor Organization Science
Participant: Edward Zajac; Northwestern U. Co-editor of SMJ
Participant: John A Wagner; Michigan State U.; Associate Editor ASQ
Participant: C. Marlena Fiol; U. of Colorado, Denver;
Participant: Mariann Jelinek; College of William and Mary;
Participant: Mitchell P Koza; Rutgers U.;
Participant: Michael Pratt; U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign;
Participant: Jean Bartunek; Boston College;
Participant: Christine Quinn Trank; Texas Tech;
Participant: Arie Lewin; Duke; Editor Journal of International Business Studies

Organizer: Diana L. Day; Rutgers U.;
Organizer: J. Peter Murmann; Australian Graduate School of Management;

To draw in the broad community of qualitative researchers, we have found that panel presentations, with renowned qualitative researchers, works exceedingly well. We plan to continue these panel presentations with leading qualitative scholars, who will offer their insights about how to craft qualitative research papers.

We have also found, however, that this type of broad stroke forum is limited in its ability to create real communities of practice and mentoring relationships.  For this reason we decided to expand the PDW to fit well with this year?s conference theme ?Doing Well by Doing Good?.  In the second part of the PDW, we will offer several hands-on sessions to help both researchers just learning aspects of qualitative research and those struggling to get their written manuscripts published.  These are two areas in which members of the Academy have expressed strong interest in getting more help.

The panel part of the workshop will be much like the one we had the past two years, and which BPS has so generously taken the lead in sponsoring.  John Van Mannan, Steve Barley and Andy Hargadon have already agreed to participate and will discuss how to turn qualitative research questions into publishable papers. We are still in the process of recruiting a fourth leading scholar to present on the panel.

The second part of the workshop will have parallel sessions designed for people beginning or developing qualitative research and those trying to publish qualitative research.

On one side of the room, we will have tutorials for people still developing a qualitative research project.  These tutorials will involve leading qualitative researchers who can explain well the methods they use. Some topics for these tutorials include the key elements of important methodologies (e.g., ethnographies, case studies, comparative historical analyses) and technical issues typically facing qualitative researchers (protocol development, interviewing techniques, automatic text analysis, coding techniques, etc.). Klaus Weber (Kellogg) has agreed to give a tutorial on automatic text analysis. 

On the other side of the room, we will hold small groups sessions for people who need specific feedback on a paper they are developing. Diana Day and Peter Murmann will lead such feedback sessions. We also plan to invite associate editors from such journals as AMJ, ASQ, Organization Science, and JIBS, and leading qualitative researchers to help with this. Deborah Douherty, Organization Science?s qualitative research editor, has already agreed to participate here. Exactly how many tutorials we will run and how many paper feedback sessions will be offered depends on the demand for them. We have 140 email addresses of people who attended the PDW in 2006. When we know that the PDW is accepted, we will contact them to see what sessions these people would most want to see on the program. We will also send a more general invitation to the session over the AOM division mailing list.

Diana Day and J. Peter Murmann will facilitate the entire PDW.