Engaged Scholarship: A Guide for Organizational and Social Research
Engaged Scholarship: A Guide for Organizational and Social Research
Oxford University Press | July 19, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0199226296 | 352 pages | PDF | 1.3 MB
Oxford University Press | July 19, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0199226296 | 352 pages | PDF | 1.3 MB
The relationship between theory and practice, research and action, is fundamental to all fields of applied social science. Should research findings and knowledge be useful for science, practice, and policy? If so, how should such research be designed, carried out and disseminated to achieve the twin goals of rigor and relevance? These challenges are particularly relevant in the applied areas of management and organization studies where there is a distinct responsibility for researchers to engage with the "real world". In this carefully crafted and thoughtful book, leading management researcher Andrew Van de Ven both presents the broad intellectual challenge of "engaged scholarship", and also sets out a clear framework and guidelines for carrying out soundly based and useful research for advancing both science and practice.