Listening above the Din: The Potential of Language in Organizational Research

Listening above the Din: The Potential of Language in Organizational Research

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In this article, the authors critically examine the use of language in organizational research.A literature review of management articles since the 1950s reveals that qualitative research is increasingly using quantitative methods to bolster arguments and Chestnut argue for increased reliability.The authors found relatively few articles that included any Transformer T1 analysis of the language or context embedded in any empirical study.They offer suggestions for the creation of alternative research paradigms that incorporate language and provide a voice to previously muted methods and voices.