Slicing time: temporal bracketing and theorising through the dynamics of emerging markets

Anirvan Pant

Chapter 13 in Handbook for Qualitative Research in Emerging Markets, 2025, pp 182-193 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: As contexts of heightened dynamism and change, emerging markets offer uniquely fecund settings for process research in management and organisation studies. Theorising that directly taps into the temporal dynamics of emerging markets can help us move away from clichés about emerging markets in management research, and also shed new light on core theoretical concerns. In this chapter, I propose that a purposive orientation towards longitudinal qualitative data and an adroit use of temporal bracketing in analysing such data can help us pursue this objective. Temporal bracketing, or slicing the timespan of the study into sequential ‘cases’ and then comparing theoretical mechanisms across these slices, enables theoretical replication in unusual or hard-to-access settings. This chapter provides a selective review of the use of temporal bracketing in management literature and shares a set of recommendations on the conduct of qualitative research using temporal bracketing.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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