Using template and matrix analysis: A case study of management and organisation history research
Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management
ISSN: 1746-5648
Article publication date: 29 November 2018
Issue publication date: 21 November 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present a qualitative research method using oral history interview data that may advance new types of methodological inquiry in management and organisation history research.
Design/methodology/approach
The method, the authors present, combines matrix and template analysis using oral histories from unstructured interviews with 31 senior managers in the UK individual personal pensions product market to illuminate how the construction of “matrices” and “templates” can then be compared and contrasted across different time periods, and at different units of analysis, to analyse complex temporal data.
Findings
The authors highlight the veracity of a combination of template and matrix analysis for researchers handling management and organisation history data.
Originality/value
Elaborations of new research methodologies suitable for handling historical data remain few and far between. The proposed method offers a new approach for handing temporal textual data.
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Citation
Burton, N. and Galvin, P. (2019), "Using template and matrix analysis: A case study of management and organisation history research", Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, Vol. 14 No. 4, pp. 393-409. https://doi.org/10.1108/QROM-04-2018-1626
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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