Interpretive Biography

Qualitative Research Designs

Creswell, J. W., Hanson, W. E., Clark, V. L. P., & Morales, A. (2007) · The Counseling Psychologist · doi:10.1177/0011000006287390 · Cited by 3,296 · see citing works

The Psychology of Life Stories

McAdams, D. P. (2001) · Review of General Psychology · doi:10.1037/1089-2680.5.2.100 · Cited by 2,808 · see citing works

Analytic Autoethnography

Anderson, L. (2006) · Journal of Contemporary Ethnography · doi:10.1177/0891241605280449 · Cited by 2,418 · see citing works

Social Movements and Networks

Diani, M., & McAdam, D. (2003) · doi:10.1093/0199251789.001.0001 · Cited by 1,456 · see citing works

Reflexive Accounts and Accounts of Reflexivity in Qualitative Data Analysis

Mauthner, N. S., & Doucet, A. (2003) · Sociology · doi:10.1177/00380385030373002 · Cited by 1,391 · see citing works

Personality, Modernity, and the Storied Self: A Contemporary Framework for Studying Persons

McAdams, D. P. (1996) · Psychological Inquiry · doi:10.1207/s15327965pli0704_1 · Cited by 1,210 · see citing works

“What's your story?”: A life-stories approach to authentic leadership development

Shamir, B., & Eilam, G. (2005) · The Leadership Quarterly · doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2005.03.005 · Cited by 1,118 · see citing works

Within-Case and Across-Case Approaches to Qualitative Data Analysis

Ayres, L., Kavanaugh, K. L., & Knafl, K. A. (2003) · Qualitative Health Research · doi:10.1177/1049732303013006008 · Cited by 998 · see citing works

Telling Stories: Narrative Approaches in Qualitative Research

Sandelowski, M. (1991) · Journal of Nursing Scholarship · doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.1991.tb00662.x · Cited by 889 · see citing works

When Bad Things Turn Good and Good Things Turn Bad: Sequences of Redemption and Contamination in Life Narrative and their Relation to Psychosocial Adaptation in Midlife Adults and in Students

McAdams, D. P., Reynolds, J., Lewis, M., Patten, A. H., & Bowman, P. J. (2001) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · doi:10.1177/0146167201274008 · Cited by 822 · see citing works

Quantitative and qualitative research in the built environment: application of “mixed” research approach

Amaratunga, D., Baldry, D., Sarshar, M., & Newton, R. (2002) · International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management · doi:10.1108/00438020210415488 · Cited by 765 · see citing works

Kundera's Immortality: The Interview Society and the Invention of the Self

Atkinson, P., & Silverman, D. J. (1997) · Qualitative Inquiry · doi:10.1177/107780049700300304 · Cited by 756 · see citing works

Triangulation Revisited: Strategy of Validation or Alternative?

Flick, U. (1992) · Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour · doi:10.1111/j.1468-5914.1992.tb00215.x · Cited by 744 · see citing works

Reflections on the Narrative Research Approach

Moen, T. (2006) · International Journal of Qualitative Methods · doi:10.1177/160940690600500405 · Cited by 743 · see citing works

Careership: a sociological theory of career decision making

Hodkinson, P., & Sparkes, A. C. (1997) · British Journal of Sociology of Education · doi:10.1080/0142569970180102 · Cited by 706 · see citing works

Older Consumers' Disposition of Special Possessions

Price, L. L., Arnould, E. J., & Curasi, C. F. (2000) · Journal of Consumer Research · doi:10.1086/314319 · Cited by 602 · see citing works

Appraising the trustworthiness of qualitative studies: Guidelines for occupational therapists

Curtin, M., & Fossey, E. M. (2007) · Australian Occupational Therapy Journal · doi:10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00661.x · Cited by 513 · see citing works

Identity Dilemmas of Chronically Ill Men

Charmaz, K. C. (1994) · Sociological Quarterly · doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.1994.tb00410.x · Cited by 498 · see citing works

Critical Moments: Choice, Chance and Opportunity in Young People's Narratives of Transition

Thomson, R., Bell, R., Holland, J., Henderson, S., McGrellis, S., & Sharpe, S. (2002) · Sociology · doi:10.1177/0038038502036002006 · Cited by 496 · see citing works

Music as a technology of the self

DeNora, T. (1999) · Poetics · doi:10.1016/s0304-422x(99)00017-0 · Cited by 495 · see citing works

Narrative Practice and the Coherence of Personal Stories

Gubrium, J. F., & Holstein, J. A. (1998) · Sociological Quarterly · doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.1998.tb02354.x · Cited by 477 · see citing works

Doing Narrative Research

Fraser, H. (2004) · Qualitative Social Work · doi:10.1177/1473325004043383 · Cited by 474 · see citing works

Arguing for Your Self: identity as an organising principle in teachers' jobs and lives

MacLure, M. (1993) · British Educational Research Journal · doi:10.1080/0141192930190401 · Cited by 433 · see citing works

Sample size for saturation in qualitative research: Debates, definitions, and strategies

(2024) · doi:10.1016/j.glmedi.2024.100171 · Cited by 413 · see citing works

Framework analysis: a worked example of a study exploring young people’s experiences of depression

O’Keeffe, S., Eatough, V., Holmes, J., Stapley, E., & Midgley, N. (2015) · Qualitative Research in Psychology · doi:10.1080/14780887.2015.1119228 · Cited by 398 · see citing works

The Study of Identity As Cultural, Institutional, Organizational, and Personal Narratives: Theoretical and Empirical Integrations

Loseke, D. R. (2007) · Sociological Quarterly · doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.2007.00096.x · Cited by 383 · see citing works

Geo-Narrative: Extending Geographic Information Systems for Narrative Analysis in Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research∗

Kwan, M., & Ding, G. (2008) · The Professional Geographer · doi:10.1080/00330120802211752 · Cited by 364 · see citing works

Tracing the Everyday 'Sitings' of Adolescents on the Internet: a strategic adaptation of ethnography across online and offline spaces

Leander, K. M., & MCKIM, K. K. (2003) · Education Communication and Information · doi:10.1080/14636310303140 · Cited by 361 · see citing works

Conducting research with young children: some ethical considerations

Flewitt, R. (2005) · Early Child Development and Care · doi:10.1080/03004430500131338 · Cited by 355 · see citing works

Social Networks Matter. But How

Passy, F. (2002) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/0199251789.003.0002 · Cited by 233 · see citing works

Cross‐Talk in Movements: Reconceiving the Culture‐Network Link

Mische, A. (2003) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/0199251789.003.0011 · Cited by 315 · see citing works

A Critique of Current Practice: Ten Foundational Guidelines for Autoethnographers

Tolich, M. (2010) · Qualitative Health Research · doi:10.1177/1049732310376076 · Cited by 301 · see citing works

Coming of age with the internet

McMillan, S. J., & Morrison, M. A. (2006) · New Media & Society · doi:10.1177/1461444806059871 · Cited by 297 · see citing works

Teachers' Prior Experiences and Actual Perceptions of Professional Identity

Beijaard, D. (1995) · Teachers and Teaching · doi:10.1080/1354060950010209 · Cited by 296 · see citing works

Chapter 5: The New Narrative Research in Education

Casey, K. B. (1995) · Review of Research in Education · doi:10.2307/1167282 · Cited by 293 · see citing works

The Fatal Flaw: A Narrative of the Fragile Body-Self

Sparkes, A. C. (1996) · Qualitative Inquiry · doi:10.1177/107780049600200405 · Cited by 286 · see citing works

Autoethnography and Emotion as Intellectual Resources

Jewkes, Y. (2011) · Qualitative Inquiry · doi:10.1177/1077800411428942 · Cited by 281 · see citing works

Chinese students' perceptions of communicative and non-communicative activities in EFL classroom

Rao, Z. (2002) · System · doi:10.1016/s0346-251x(01)00050-1 · Cited by 271 · see citing works

Qualitative Methods Used in the Assessment of Engineering Education

Leydens, J. A., Moskal, B., & Pavelich, M. J. (2004) · Journal of Engineering Education · doi:10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00789.x · Cited by 264 · see citing works

Autoethnography

Butz, D., & Besio, K. (2009) · Geography Compass · doi:10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00279.x · Cited by 264 · see citing works

A Review of Narrative Ethics

Adams, T. E. (2008) · Qualitative Inquiry · doi:10.1177/1077800407304417 · Cited by 253 · see citing works

Introduction: Social Movements, Contentious Actions, and Social Networks: ‘From Metaphor to Substance’?

Diani, M. (2003) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/0199251789.003.0001 · Cited by 253 · see citing works

BEYOND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS: TOWARD A MORE DYNAMIC UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Mcadam, D. (2002) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/0199251789.003.0012 · Cited by 221 · see citing works

What Good Is a Scientist in the Classroom? Participant Outcomes and Program Design Features for a Short-Duration Science Outreach Intervention in K–12 Classrooms

Laursen, S. L., Liston, C., Thiry, H., & Graf, J. (2007) · CBE—Life Sciences Education · doi:10.1187/cbe.06-05-0165 · Cited by 251 · see citing works

Entrepreneurial resilience and venture failure

Corner, P. D., Singh, S., & Pavlovich, K. (2017) · International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship · doi:10.1177/0266242616685604 · Cited by 250 · see citing works

Failed, not finished: A narrative approach to understanding venture failure stigmatization

Singh, S., Corner, P. D., & Pavlovich, K. (2014) · Journal of Business Venturing · doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.07.005 · Cited by 248 · see citing works

Using video to investigate preschool classroom interaction: education research assumptions and methodological practices

Flewitt, R. (2006) · Visual Communication · doi:10.1177/1470357206060917 · Cited by 247 · see citing works

Abandoning The Performance Narrative: Two Women's Stories of Transition from Professional Sport

Douglas, K., & Carless, D. (2009) · Journal of Applied Sport Psychology · doi:10.1080/10413200902795109 · Cited by 243 · see citing works

Athletic Identity: An Achilles' Heel to the Survival of Self

Sparkes, A. C. (1998) · Qualitative Health Research · doi:10.1177/104973239800800506 · Cited by 241 · see citing works

Time, texture and childhood: The contours of longitudinal qualitative research

Neale, B., & Flowerdew, J. (2003) · International Journal of Social Research Methodology · doi:10.1080/1364557032000091798 · Cited by 238 · see citing works

‘Leaders’ Or Brokers? Positions and Influence in Social Movement Networks

Diani, M. (2003) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/0199251789.003.0005 · Cited by 237 · see citing works

The Rhetoric of Self-Change: Illness Experience as Narrative

Frank, A. W. (1993) · Sociological Quarterly · doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.1993.tb00129.x · Cited by 233 · see citing works

Sport, Spinal Cord Injury, Embodied Masculinities, and the Dilemmas of Narrative Identity

Sparkes, A. C., & Smith, B. M. (2002) · Men and Masculinities · doi:10.1177/1097184x02004003003 · Cited by 231 · see citing works

The motivation for change from problem alcohol and heroin use

KLINGEMANN, H. K. ‐. (1991) · British Journal of Addiction · doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb03099.x · Cited by 223 · see citing works

Reciprocity in Parent–Child Exchange and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly: A Cross‐National Perspective

Lowenstein, A., Katz, R., & Gur‐Yaish, N. (2007) · Journal of Social Issues · doi:10.1111/j.1540-4560.2007.00541.x · Cited by 219 · see citing works

The Longitudinal Qualitative Interview

Hermanowicz, J. C. (2013) · Qualitative Sociology · doi:10.1007/s11133-013-9247-7 · Cited by 216 · see citing works

A perspective on knowledge, competence and strategy

von Krogh, G., & Röös, J. (1995) · Personnel Review · doi:10.1108/00483489510089650 · Cited by 209 · see citing works

The Healing Effects of Storytelling: On the Conditions of Curative Storytelling in the Context of Research and Counseling

Rosenthal, G. (2003) · Qualitative Inquiry · doi:10.1177/1077800403254888 · Cited by 208 · see citing works

Place, Space and Time: Contextualizing Workplace Subjectivities

Halford, S., & Leonard, P. (2006) · Organization Studies · doi:10.1177/0170840605059453 · Cited by 204 · see citing works

The “Handling” of power in the physician-patient encounter: perceptions from experienced physicians

Nimmon, L., & Stenfors, T. (2016) · BMC Medical Education · doi:10.1186/s12909-016-0634-0 · Cited by 203 · see citing works

New Mobilities Across the Life Course: a Framework for Analysing Demographically Linked Drivers of Migration

Findlay, A. M., McCollum, D., Coulter, R., & Gayle, V. (2015) · Population Space and Place · doi:10.1002/psp.1956 · Cited by 197 · see citing works

Narratives of Identity: Re-presentation of Self in People Who Are Homeless

Boydell, K., Goering, P. N., & Morrell-Bellai, T. L. (2000) · Qualitative Health Research · doi:10.1177/104973200129118228 · Cited by 197 · see citing works

White male teachers on difference: narratives of contact and tensions

Jupp, J., & Slattery, P. (2009) · International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education · doi:10.1080/09518390903107499 · Cited by 195 · see citing works

Networks and Social Movements: A Research Programme

Diani, M. (2003) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/0199251789.003.0013 · Cited by 195 · see citing works

Sexual minority youth, social connection and resilience: From personal struggle to collective identity

DiFulvio, G. T. (2011) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.045 · Cited by 192 · see citing works

Social innovation, social entrepreneurship and the practice of contemporary entrepreneurial philanthropy

Maclean, M., Harvey, C. E., & Gordon, J. (2012) · International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship · doi:10.1177/0266242612443376 · Cited by 188 · see citing works

Boundary work: An interpretive ethnographic perspective on negotiating and leveraging cross-cultural identity

Yagi, N., & Kleinberg, J. (2011) · Journal of International Business Studies · doi:10.1057/jibs.2011.10 · Cited by 184 · see citing works

Self‐directed expatriation: family matters

Richardson, J. (2006) · Personnel Review · doi:10.1108/00483480610670616 · Cited by 184 · see citing works

From oral histories to visual narratives: re-presenting the post-September 11 experiences of the Muslim women in the USA

Kwan, M. (2008) · Social & Cultural Geography · doi:10.1080/14649360802292462 · Cited by 182 · see citing works

‘You’ve not made the grade, son’: de‐selection and identity disruption in elite level youth football

Brown, G., & Potrac, P. (2009) · Soccer and Society · doi:10.1080/14660970802601613 · Cited by 181 · see citing works

The Five-Question Method For Framing A Qualitative Research Study

McCaslin, M., & Scott, K. W. (2015) · The Qualitative Report · doi:10.46743/2160-3715/2003.1880 · Cited by 180 · see citing works

Ethics in Qualitative Research: A View of the Participants' and Researchers' World from a Critical Standpoint

Aluwihare‐Samaranayake, D. (2012) · International Journal of Qualitative Methods · doi:10.1177/160940691201100208 · Cited by 179 · see citing works

Understanding breast cancer stories via Frank's narrative types

Thomas‐MacLean, R. (2003) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(03)00372-1 · Cited by 177 · see citing works

Squaring the circle

Grosvold, J., Hoejmose, S. U., & Roehrich, J. K. (2014) · Supply Chain Management An International Journal · doi:10.1108/scm-12-2013-0440 · Cited by 175 · see citing works

THE SELF NOT TAKEN: HOW ALTERNATIVE SELVES DEVELOP AND HOW THEY INFLUENCE OUR PROFESSIONAL LIVES.

Obodaru, O. (2011) · Academy of Management Review · doi:10.5465/amr.2009.0358 · Cited by 171 · see citing works

Self, Silence and Invisibility as a Beginning Teacher: a life history of lesbian experience

Sparkes, A. (1994) · British Journal of Sociology of Education · doi:10.1080/0142569940150106 · Cited by 171 · see citing works

Enduring leisure involvement: the importance of personal relationships

Kyle, G. T., & Chick, G. (2004) · Leisure Studies · doi:10.1080/0261436042000251996 · Cited by 171 · see citing works

Role Theory, Narratives, and Interpretation: The Domestic Contestation of Roles

Wehner, L. E., & Thies, C. G. (2014) · International Studies Review · doi:10.1111/misr.12149 · Cited by 169 · see citing works

Triangulation in construction management research

Love, P. E. D., Holt, G. D., & Li, H. (2002) · Engineering Construction & Architectural Management · doi:10.1046/j.1365-232x.2002.00226.x · Cited by 168 · see citing works

Placing Elderly Parents in Institutions in Urban China

Zhan, H. J., Feng, X., & Luo, B. (2008) · Research on Aging · doi:10.1177/0164027508319471 · Cited by 166 · see citing works

Strengthening student engagement: what do students want in online courses?

Chakraborty, M., & Nafukho, F. M. (2014) · European journal of training and development · doi:10.1108/ejtd-11-2013-0123 · Cited by 162 · see citing works

‘We are managing!’ Uncertain paths to respectable adulthoods in Accra, Ghana

Langevang, T. (2008) · Geoforum · doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.09.003 · Cited by 162 · see citing works

Bias in Qualitative Research: Voices from an Online Classroom

Mehra, B. (2015) · The Qualitative Report · doi:10.46743/2160-3715/2002.1986 · Cited by 162 · see citing works

Pathways to equity in mathematics education: how life experiences impact researcher positionality

Foote, M. Q., & Bartell, T. G. (2011) · Educational Studies in Mathematics · doi:10.1007/s10649-011-9309-2 · Cited by 161 · see citing works

Effectively Communicating Qualitative Research

Ponterotto, J. G., & Grieger, I. (2007) · The Counseling Psychologist · doi:10.1177/0011000006287443 · Cited by 161 · see citing works

Being pushed out of the career: Former teachers' reasons for leaving the profession

Amitai, A., & Houtte, M. V. (2021) · Teaching and Teacher Education · doi:10.1016/j.tate.2021.103540 · Cited by 161 · see citing works

The Incorporation of the HIV/AIDS Identity Into the Self Over Time

Baumgartner, L. M. (2007) · Qualitative Health Research · doi:10.1177/1049732307305881 · Cited by 160 · see citing works

Communicating in the new interactive marketspace

Ozuem, W., Howell, K. E., & Lancaster, G. (2008) · European Journal of Marketing · doi:10.1108/03090560810891145 · Cited by 157 · see citing works

The cultural model of “the good farmer” and the environmental question in Finland

Silvasti, T. (2003) · Agriculture and Human Values · doi:10.1023/a:1024021811419 · Cited by 157 · see citing works

Chicago School of Sociology

White, K. (2006) · SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks · doi:10.4135/9781446215159.n137 · Cited by 155 · see citing works

Reflections on working with critical action learning

Rigg, C., & Trehan, K. (2004) · Action Learning Research and Practice · doi:10.1080/1476733042000264128 · Cited by 153 · see citing works

An overview of qualitative research methodology for public health researchers

Isaacs, A. (2014) · International Journal of Medicine and Public Health · doi:10.4103/2230-8598.144055 · Cited by 163 · see citing works

Funding Gap, What Funding Gap? Financial Bootstrapping: Supply, Demand and Creation of Entrepreneurial Finance

Lam, W. (2010) · International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research · doi:10.1108/13552551011054480 · Cited by 143 · see citing works

Autoetnografia – technika, metoda, nowy paradygmat? O metodologicznym statusie autoetnografii

Kacperczyk, A. (2014) · Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej · doi:10.18778/1733-8069.10.3.03 · Cited by 138 · see citing works

On Becoming Extraordinary: The Content and Structure of the Developmental Networks of Major League Baseball Hall of Famers

Cotton, R. D., Shen, Y. G., & Livne‐Tarandach, R. (2011) · Academy of Management Journal · doi:10.5465/amj.2011.59215081 · Cited by 138 · see citing works

Reconsidering table talk: Critical thoughts on the relationship between sociology, autobiography and self-indulgence

Mykhalovskiy, E. (1996) · Qualitative Sociology · doi:10.1007/bf02393251 · Cited by 138 · see citing works

Matter over Mind?

Warren, S., & Brewis, J. (2004) · Sociology · doi:10.1177/0038038504040860 · Cited by 137 · see citing works

Research in spirituality, religion, and work

Dean, K. L., Fornaciari, C. J., & McGee, J. J. (2003) · Journal of Organizational Change Management · doi:10.1108/09534810310484145 · Cited by 136 · see citing works

Dining in: The Symbolic Power of Food in Prison

Godderis, R. (2006) · The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice · doi:10.1111/j.1468-2311.2006.00420.x · Cited by 135 · see citing works

Refugee families' experience of research participation

Dyregrov, K., Dyregrov, A., & Raundalen, M. (2000) · Journal of Traumatic Stress · doi:10.1023/a:1007777006605 · Cited by 134 · see citing works

Interpretive Science

Graue, M. E., & Walsh, D. J. (1998) · Sage eBooks · doi:10.4135/9781452243153.n2

Interpretation

Northcutt, N., & McCoy, D. (2004) · Sage eBooks · doi:10.4135/9781412984539.n10

Doing Interpretation

(2001) · Sage eBooks · doi:10.4135/9781412984591.n7 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Situating Interpretation

Denzin, N. K. (2001) · Sage eBooks · doi:10.4135/9781412984591.n5

Interpreting Life Stories

Ochberg, R. L. (1996) · Sage eBooks · doi:10.4135/9781483345451.n8 · Cited by 33 · see citing works