Abstract:
Given the rapid expansion of narrative approaches in management and organization theory
in recent years, this paper investigates the contribution of this literature to the understanding
of organizations and processes of organizing. The paper tells the story of the
development of narrative approaches in organizational theory. Narrative's contribution to substantive
areas of organization theory is evaluated. These developments are then reviewed
in relation to an ongoing tension between story and science. We conclude by contemplating
some of the criticisms, and the future, of narrative research.
