Qualitative Meta-Studies in Management Research: The Emergence of a Method

We discuss quality research in management studies, particularly case studies, action research inquiries and research based on the grounded theory method. We posit that such qualitative inquiries are insufficiently capitalized upon and that, if aggregated through meta-studies, could yield insight on emergent properties and permit the development of higher-order knowledge and theory. We briefly discuss the construct of emergence. We propose a...