Phenomenography’s contribution to organizational studies based on a practice perspective

Abstract

Purpose This paper aims to propose the phenomenography as an approach that may contribute to the organizational studies based on the practice perspective, considering that it analyzes the phenomenon through the practitioner’s view and experience. Design/methodology/approach It is a theoretical essay about phenomenography as a theoretical-methodological perspective, considering its concept, its relation with practice theories and how its theoretical-methodological approach is capable of bringing a new perspective over the organizations, in the practice perspective. Findings The phenomenographic method, together with the practice perspective, enables mapping, identifying, describing and relating all the different ways by which an organization, in each one of its structuring dimensions, is effectively experienced. It argues that aspects such as the phenomenographic interview, the second-order perspective, the collective conceptions stated in the outcome space and their relations, the complexity of hierarchy and the abductive theorization about the emerging concepts of collective perceptions form, all together, an alternative and promising theoretical approach to analyze the entanglement between action and the material dimension that constitutes the organizational practices. Practical implications The phenomenographic outcome space may become a catalyst of a theorization about practices, which is capable to modify them or modify the way they are understood. Originality/value It discusses the possibility of phenomenography to theorize from the agents’ collective consciousness.

Truces (re)construction at the boundaries of budgeting routines

“…Phenomenography is not limited to being a method as analyzing the relationships between conceptions can provide insights into theoretical propositions (Collier-Reed & Ingerman, 2013; Rocha-Pinto et al, 2019).…”

“…This interpretative research adopted the phenomenographic theoretical-methodological approach, which is based on the experiences that individuals had with a phenomenon and embraces these interviewees’ viewpoint (Marton & Booth, 1997). The use of phenomenography for organizational studies began with Sandberg’s (2000) work and continues to grow in this context (O'Leary & Sandberg, 2016; Rocha-Pinto, Jardim, Broman, Guimaraes, & Trevia, 2019). Furthermore, the phenomenographic approach for social sciences is appropriate for investigations on routine dynamics because it assumes that practice is embodied in and intertwined with materiality and is context-dependent (Marton & Booth, 1997).…”

As Fronteiras Das Rotinas De Budgeting: A (Re)construção De Tréguas Na Dinâmica Das Rotinas

“…Além disso, buscou-se ampliar o escopo desta pesquisa para contemplar a interdependência entre rotinas (e não apenas uma rotina isolada). Assim, com base na abordagem da fenomenografia, que é teórico-metodológica (COLLIER-REED & INGERMAN, 2009;ROCHA-PINTO et al 2019), este estudo teve foco em experiências com as tréguas nas fronteiras das rotinas de budgeting, nas quais buscou-se evidenciar os potenciais conflitos emergentes, tanto na função de planejamento (ações consecutivas e processuais ex ante), quanto no controle/monitoramento orçamentário (ex post), tendo em vista os aspectos das mudanças nas formas de orçar e nas atividades das rotinas de budgeting, além das interações e influências entre as rotinas dessa ecologia.…”

“…COLLIER-REED e INGERMAN, 2013;ROCHA-PINTO et al, 2019). Essa possibilidade de se fazer proposições teóricas e aplicáveis na prática social por meio da fenomenografia é comentada por Collier-Reed, Interman e Berglund (2009, p. 12), em termos da confiabilidade do método: "É claro que o desenvolvimento da confiabilidade desempenha um papel importante não só por efetuar mudanças no cenário original da pesquisa, mas também por contribuir para a construção de um conjunto de conhecimentos que podem desempenhar um papel importante na mudança social".Pesquisadores que adotam a fenomenografia recomendam que todas as fases de uma pesquisa fenomenográfica sejam interligadas (desde a formulação da pergunta de pesquisa, a seleção do campo empírico, a análise e até a forma deapresentar seus resultados) (COLLIER-REED e INGERMAN, 2013).…”