The rhetoric and narratives in management research

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue on the subject of the rhetoric and narratives in management research. Design/methodology/approach - The paper reviews selected contributions to the 4th Conference on Rhetoric and Narratives in Management Research held on March 24-26, 2011 at the ESADE campus in Barcelona. Findings - The paper reveals various views of rhetoric and narratives in management research including plagiarism, individual (personal) narratives, material and spiritual narratives and deception in storytelling. Originality/value - The paper provides a useful introduction to the various papers on rhetoric and narratives in management research.