Organizational Theory and Inquiry

Introduction - Yvonna S Lincoln
The Context of the Paradigmatic Shift
Emerging Paradigms in Organizational Theory and Research - David L Clark
The Context of Emergent Paradigm Research - Egon G Guba
The Concepts of the Paradigmatic Shift
Sources of Order in Unorganized Systems: Themes in Recent Organizational Theory - Karl E Weick
The Substance of the Emergent Paradigm: Implications for Researchers - Yvonna S Lincoln
Applications in the Practice of Research
Managerial Implications of the Emerging Paradigm - Anne Sigismund Huff
Doing Naturalistic Research into Educational Organizations - Thomas M Skritic
Epilogue: Dictionaries for Languages Not Yet Spoken - Yvonna S Lincoln

Yvonna S. Lincoln is Professor Emerita at Texas A&M University, where she held the Ruth Harrington Chair of Educational Leadership and was Distinguished Professor of Higher Education. She is the coeditor of the journal Qualitative Inquiry, coeditor of the first through six editions of The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, and coeditor of The SAGE Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies. As well, she is the coauthor, editor, or coeditor of more than a half dozen other books and volumes. She has served as the President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education and the American Evaluation Research Association, and as the Vice President for Division J (Postsecondary Education) for the American Educational Research Association. She is the author of coauthor of more than 100 chapters and journal articles on aspects of higher education or qualitative research methods and methodologies.