Flick, U. (2015) “Qualitative Inquiry—2.0 at 20?: Developments, Trends, and Challenges for the Politics of Research,“ Qualitative Inquiry, 21, 7: 599-608.

In this article, a more recent balance of developments of the state and future of qualitative research is presented, also covering aspects such as the globalization and focusing on the societal relevance of qualitative research.

Flick, U., Garms-Homolová, V., Herrmann, W.J., Kuck, J. and Röhnsch, G. (2012b) “‘I Can’t Prescribe Something Just Because Someone Asks for It …’: Using Mixed Methods in the Framework of Triangulation,” Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 6(2): 97–110.

This article discusses the use of mixed methods in the context of a triangulation study as a way of strengthening the theoretical framework of mixed methods.

Flick, U. (2017) „Mantras and Myths: The Disenchantment of Mixed-Methods Research and Revisiting Triangulation as a Perspective,“ Qualitative Inquiry 23: 46–57.

This article tempers the excitement and expectations concerning mixed methods and illustrates why qualitative research still has its relevance in times of mixed methods.

Frost, N., Nolas, S. M., Brooks-Gordon, B., Esin C., Holt A. Mehdizadeh L., and Shinebourne, P. (2010) “Pluralism in Qualitative Research: The Impact of Different Researchers and Qualitative Approaches on the Analysis of Qualitative Data,” Qualitative Research, 10: 441–460.

This article outlines a multi-perspective comparative approach to qualitative research.

Maxwell, J. and Chmiel, M. (2014a) “Notes Toward a Theory of Qualitative Data Analysis,” in U. Flick (ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis. London: Sage. pp. 21–34.

This chapter outlines theoretical assumptions of qualitative data analysis, which give some orientation about how to conceive qualitative research in general from a critical realist perspective.

Wernet, A. (2014) “Hermeneutics and Objective Hermeneutics,” in U. Flick (ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis. London: Sage. pp. 234–246.

This chapter gives a concise overview of Objective Hermeneutics with several suggestions for how to do research with this method.

Flick, U. (1994) „Social Representations and the Social Construction of Everyday Knowledge. Theo­retical and Metho­do­logical Queries,“ Social Science Information, 2, 179-197.

Here the idea of social constructionism is turned into methodological issues and suggestions for how to use it when studying people’s everyday knowledge about a specific topic.

Sandberg, J.  and Alvesson, M. (2010) „Ways of constructing research questions: gap-spotting or problematization?,“ Organization, 18(1): 23–44.

This article is based on an empirical study about how research questions in the research practice in organization studies are formulated, where such questions come from and which aims are driving the selection and formulation of research questions. It also addresses the role of the existing literature in this context. This can give advice for developing one’s own research question.

Shaw, I. Ramatowski, A. and Ruckdeschel, R. (2013) “Patterns, Designs and Developments in Qualitative Research in Social Work: A Research Note,” Qualitative Social Work, 12(6): 732–749.

This article addresses the issue of research design for the area of qualitative social work research.

Sörensson, E. and Kalman H. (2017) „Care and Concern in the Research Process: Meeting Ethical and Epistemological Challenges through Multiple Engagements and Dialogue with Research Subjects,” Qualitative Research, doi.org/10.1177/1468794117743466

This article describes the qualitative research process from an ethical and epistemological point of view.

Taylor, S. (2012) “‘One Participant Said …’: The Implications of Quotations from Biographical Talk,” Qualitative Research, 12: 388–401.

In this article ethical and methodological issues of the work with participants’ statements in publications are discussed in detail.

Flick, U. (2015) “Qualitative Inquiry—2.0 at 20?: Developments, Trends, and Challenges for the Politics of Research,“ Qualitative Inquiry, 21, 7: 599-608.

In this article, a more recent balance of developments of the state and future of qualitative research is presented, also covering aspects such as the globalization and focusing on the societal relevance of qualitative research.

Tracy, S. (2010) „Qualitative Quality: Eight Big-tent’-Criteria for Excellent Qualitative Research,“ Qualitative Inquiry, 16, 837-851.

This article presents a widely discussed suggestion for general criteria specific for qualitative research.

Tummers L. and Karsten, N. (2011) „Reflecting on the Role of Literature in Qualitative Public Administration Research: Learning From Grounded Theory,“ Administration & Society, 44(1): 64–86.

This article discusses the relevance of literature reviews in qualitative research and in particular for grounded theory research.

Kristensen, G. K., Ravn, M. N. (2015) “The voices heard and the voices silenced: Recruitment processes in qualitative interview studies,” Qualitative Research, 15, 722-737

This article describes sampling participants and its results for interview studies also with a focus on who was left out.

Rapley, T. (2014) “Sampling Strategies,” in U. Flick (ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis. London: Sage. pp. 49–63.

This chapter has a focus on sampling in the light of data analysis.

Bogner, A., Littig, B. and Menz, W. (2018) “Collecting Data with Experts and Elites,” in U. Flick (ed.) The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Collection. London: SAGE. pp. 652-67.

This chapter presents a focused introduction to doing expert and elite interviews.

O’Connor, H. and Madge, C. (2017) “Online Interviewing”, in N.G., Fielding, R. Lee, and G. Blank, (eds.) (2016) The SAGE Handbook of Online Research Methods (2^nd edn.). London: Sage. pp. 416-434.

This chapter summarizes the method concisely including some practical advice.

Bondy C. (2013) “How did I get here? The social process of accessing field sites,” Qualitative Research, 13: 578–590.

This article describes the process of access to field sites and gives some practical advice.

Wilson, E., Kenny, A. and Dickson-Swift, V. (2015) „Using Blogs as a Qualitative Health Research Tool: A Scoping Review,“ International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14(5) DOI10.1177/1609406915618049

This  article gives an overview of the research done with blogs and of how it is done.

Bucholtz, M. (2007) “Variation in transcription,” Discourse Studies, 9: 784-808.

This article discusses versions of transcribing for practical problems and benefits.

Halkier, B. (2010) “Focus Groups as Social Enactments: Integrating Interaction and Content in the Analysis of Focus Group Data,” Qualitative Research, 10(1): 71–89.

Ideas for analyzing focus groups with an emphasis on the interaction in the group are presented here as a practical orientation.

Coffey, A. (2014) “Analyzing Documents,” in U. Flick (ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis. London: Sage. pp. 367–379.

This chapter gives an overview of analyzing documents.

Marotzki, W., Holze, J. and Verständig, D. (2014) “Analyzing Virtual Data,” in U. Flick (ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis. London: Sage. pp. 450–463.

This chapter is devoted to how to work with digital data.

Flick, U. (2014b) “Mapping the Field”, in U. Flick (ed.) The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis. London: Sage. pp. 3–18.

This chapter gives you a comparative overview of analytic methods in qualitative research by presenting methods in more detail.

Sandelowski, M. and Leeman, J. (2012) “Writing Usable Qualitative Health Research Findings,” Qualitative Health Research, 10: 1404–1413.

These authors give advice of how to make qualitative research findings relevant beginning with the style of writing when presenting them.