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This version was published on July 1, 2008
Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 11, No. 3, 481-509 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1094428107303349

Fitting Oval Pegs Into Round Holes

Tensions in Evaluating and Publishing Qualitative Research in Top-Tier North American Journals

Michael G. Pratt

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

A study of qualitative researchers who have submitted and/or published their research in top-tier North American organizational and management journals reveals the evaluative criteria-in-use at these journals. Specifically, when asked to take the perspective of an (a) author, (b) evaluator (reviewer or editor), and (c) judge of the comparisons between qualitative and quantitative research, three publication tensions were evident. The author offers the metaphor of ``fitting a round peg into an oval hole'' as a means of capturing these tensions and as a vehicle for organizing the various ways these tensions can be managed.

Key Words: qualitative methods • evaluating qualitative research • publishing qualitative research • comparing qualitative and quantitative research


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