Seminar - Jorge Lengler

Jorge Lengler (Durham University Business School) will present his paper “Re-thinking paradigm and methodology in qualitative IB research,” co-authored by Roberta Aguzzoli (Durham University), Stewart Miller (University of Texas, San Antonio), and Agnieszka (Aggie) Chidlow (University of Birmingham). 

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between paradigms and methodology, problematizes what paradigms have been used in qualitative scholarship and investigates how such paradigms connect the application and discussion of methodology in IB research. Using empirical data from four IB journals during the period 1963-2000, we show the prevalence of the positivist/(post)positivist paradigm; limited paradigmatic diversity; some evidence of paradigmatic fit, albeit room for improvement; and confusion relating to terminology. We discuss guidelines for IB scholars in terms of how methodology is understood for qualitative research and how such scholarship can be pursued vis-a-vis paradigmatic pluralism to examine complex IB phenomena.