Quiet Revolutions and Radical Transformations: A Comment on H. Peter Dachler
回应了Dachler对定性方法与定量方法区分的质疑,提出谁“拥有”定性方法以及如何在研究社群中推动方法论变革的问题,并对比了激进变革与静悄悄革命两种策略。
This comment is a response to a review essay by H. Peter Dachler of a volume we edited entitled Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research: A Practical Guide (Organization Studies 18/4). While engaging with Dachler's arguments conceming the problematic distinction made between qualitative and quantitative methods, we also suggest that his evaluation implies the additional issues of who 'owns' qualitative methods and how methodological change can best be brought about in research communities. In conclusion, we counterpose the change strategies of radical transformation and quiet revolution and call for more discussion on these issues.