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

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

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Article ID: iaor2017161
Volume: 28
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 29
End Page Number: 44
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Journal: British Journal of Management
Authors: ,
Keywords: research, social, knowledge management, organization
Abstract:

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.

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