Future directions for research in policy studies / Dennis J. Palumbo -- Introduction / Yvonna S. Lincoln -- Part I: The context of the paradigmatic shift -- Emerging paradigms in organizational theory / David L. Clark -- The context of emergent paradigm research / Egon G. Guba -- Part II: The concepts of the paradigmatic shift -- Sources of order in underorganized systems: themes in recent organizational theory / Karl E. Weick -- The substance of the emergent paradigm: implications for researchers / Yvonna S. Lincoln -- Part III: Applications in the practice of research -- Managerial implications of the emerging paradigm / Anne Sigismund Huff -- Doing Naturalistic research into educational organizations / Thomas M. Skrtic -- Epilogue: dictionaries for languages not yet spoken / Yvonna S. Lincoln
Summary
This book helps researchers "both to understand and to do naturalistic inquiry." Of particular interest to educational researchers, it is valuable for all social scientists involved with questions of qualitative and quantitative methodology
Analysis
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Notes
Based on papers presented at a conference held at the University of Kansas in November 1983