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Please join us in Anaheim for a symposium, Theory-Method Packages: A Comparison of Three Qualitative Approaches to Theory Building.

Scholars often use qualitative research to develop new theory, but there are different ways of understanding and using qualitative research. In this symposium, we bring together three scholars who have been of particular importance in shaping the ways qualitative research is conducted in our field: Kathy Eisenhardt, Denny Gioia and Ann Langley. The goal for this symposium is to facilitate a conversation between these three scholars, so as to foreground similarities and differences in their respective approaches. Panelists will discuss themes such as: 1) What is your method / approach? 2) What counts as theory from within your method / approach? 3) How does your method / approach connect with theory building? 4) How does your method / approach compare and contrast with other familiar methods? 5) When and for what kind of theory is your method / approach especially appropriate? We will end the symposium with an opportunity for the audience to ask questions to the panel of distinguished scholars.