7INTERVIEW METHODOLOGY FOR UNDERSTANDING PROJECTS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND TEMPORARY ORGANISING
Anette Hallin, Åbo Akademi, and Jenny Helin
Introduction
The interview study is probably one of the most common types of methodologies in social science research, also when it comes to the study of projects, project management and temporary organising. Some argue that the reason for the popularity of interviews in research is that we live in an “interview society,” where interviews are ubiquitous in a society at large. Interviews provide a human face to various pieces of news in media and as entertainment (Atkinson & Silverman, 1997; Silverman, 2013).
An interview may simply be defined as a conversation between people, ...
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