Myopic rhetorics : reflecting epistemologically and ethically on the demand for relevance in organizational and management research

Knights, David (2008) Myopic rhetorics : reflecting epistemologically and ethically on the demand for relevance in organizational and management research. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 7 (4). pp. 537-552. ISSN 1537-260X

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Abstract

I examine the relevance debate in organizational/management research and teaching asa disciplinary rhetoric that should be treated with a degree of caution if not skepticism. For enslavement to relevance is in danger of reducing our independence as academics—something that, from my experience of working with a consortium of practitioners, I knowthat management values. Here, however, I do not suggest resisting relationships withmanagement. On the contrary, I endorse them as a way of developing productive, ethicalresearch and learning; building sources of access for research; and enhancing teaching. Also, such relationships can supplement existing research-funding resources, although itis still necessary to retain some epistemological distance from management practicewhile engaging with it as an ethical project.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Academy of Management Learning and Education
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Subjects:
?? business education executives -- training of core competencies universities & colleges -- curricula business schools relevanceeducationorganizational behavior and human resource management ??
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64720
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22 May 2013 09:29
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