“…Convenience sampling amongst friends – which raises rather different issues compared with the development of friendships during data collection – has been discussed by researchers from anthropology, sociology, health and social welfare studies, social work, education, social geography, nursing, women's studies and cultural studies (e.g. Barton, ; Birch and Miller, ; Brayboy and Deyhle, ; Browne, ; Ellis, ; Humphrey, ; Irwin, ; McConnell‐Henry et al ., ; Neal and Gordon, ; Taylor, ; Tillmann, , , , ; Tillmann‐Healy, ). But this is not the case in management and organization studies (MOS).…”