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

Knights, David

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David Knights



Abstract

I examine the relevance debate in organizational/management research and teaching as a 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 know that management values. Here, however, I do not suggest resisting relationships with management. On the contrary, I endorse them as a way of developing productive, ethical research and learning; building sources of access for research; and enhancing teaching. Also, such relationships can supplement existing research-funding resources, although it Is still necessary to retain some epistemological distance from management practice while engaging with It as an ethical project. © 2008 Academy of Management Learning & Education.

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Knights, D. (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), 537-552. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMLE.2008.35882194

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2008
Deposit Date Oct 26, 2010
Journal Academy of Management Learning and Education
Print ISSN 1537-260X
Publisher Academy of Management
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Issue 4
Pages 537-552
DOI https://doi.org/10.5465/AMLE.2008.35882194
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1006701
Publisher URL http://aom.metapress.com/app/home/journal.asp?referrer=parent&backto=homemainpublications,2,5;




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