Embedding Impact in Engaged Research: Developing Socially Useful Knowledge through Dialogical Sensemaking

This paper explores how we can embed impact in research to generate socially useful knowledge. Our contribution lies in proposing a form of engaged research that draws upon situated knowledge and encompasses dialogical sensemaking as a way of making experience sensible in collaborative researcher−pr...

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Published in:British journal of management 2017-01, Vol.28 (1), p.29-44
Main Authors: Cunliffe, Ann L., Scaratti, Giuseppe
Format: Article
Language:English
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Organization theory
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Summary:This paper explores how we can embed impact in research to generate socially useful knowledge. Our contribution lies in proposing a form of engaged research that draws upon situated knowledge and encompasses dialogical sensemaking as a way of making experience sensible in collaborative researcher−practitioner conversations. We draw attention to the intricacies of doing socially useful research and illustrate how five conversational resources can be used within dialogical sensemaking through an example of a research project in which impact and relevance were embedded and where researchers and practitioners worked together to resolve an important social and organizational issue.
ISSN:1045-3172
1467-8551
DOI:10.1111/1467-8551.12204