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Sub-theme 19

Reflexivity in Organizational Research


Convenors:

Dvora Yanow
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alfons van Marrewijk
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Michael Humphreys
Nottingham University Business School, UK

 



 

Session I: Thursday, July 5 – 11:00–12:30
Researcher Identity, Positioning and Voice

Chair: Dvora Yanow

Michael Humphreys, Alfons van Marrewijk and Dvora Yanow
On Reflexivity in Research: Theme and Introduction

Ann Means
'(Butter)fly on the wall' to 'Annie Menace': Issues of researcher identity in a cross-cultural research project
Discussant: Dalvir Samra-Fredericks

Dalvir Samra-Fredericks
Me and my shadows
Discussant: Ann Means
 

Session II: Thursday, July 5 – 14:00–15:30
Reflecting on Methods

Chair: Michael Humphreys

Allison Donaldson
Reflexive writing and the social life of documents
Discussant: Kat Riach

Paivi Eriksson, Elina Henttonen and Susan Merilainen
Ethnographic field notes as a site for reflexivity: Accounts from studying small women-owned software companies
Discussant: Allison Donaldson

Kat Riach
'Practicing' age: Exploring organizational age identities with the research interview
Discussants: Paivi Eriksson, Elina Henttonen and Susan Merilainen
 

Session III: Friday, July 6 – 9:00–10:30
Autoethnography

Chair: Alfons van Marrewijk

Andrew D. Brown, Thomas Thornborrow and Michael Humphreys
Researching and supervising by storying around: A reflexive autoethnographic trio
Discussants: Claudia Piccardo and Angelo Benozzo

Bengt Johannisson
Enactive research: Using autoethnography to study creative change processes
Discussants: Andrew D. Brown, Thomas Thornborrow and Michael Humphreys

Claudia Piccardo and Angelo Benozzo
Emotion, learning and reflexivity in students' personal narratives
Discussant: Bengt Johannisson
 

Session IV: Friday, July 6 – 11:00–12:30
Whose narratives? Which narratives?

Chair: Dvora Yanow

Raheelah Ahmad and Rifat A. Atun
Personal and epistemological reflexivity in the course of our research conducted in Pakistan
Discussant: Nick Llewellyn

Janet Harvey and Evelyn Fenton
The absent voice: Reflexivity in research accounts
Discussants: Raheelah Ahmad and Rifat A. Atun

Nick Llewellyn
Endogenous reflexivity
Discussants: Janet Harvey and Evelyn Fenton
 

Session V: Friday, July 6 – 13:45–15:15
Doing Reflexivity in Organizational Studies

Chair: Alfons van Marrewijk

Jasmin Mahadevan
Writing organizational culture: Reflections on how to offer ethnography of the firm
Discussant: Judy Johnston

Christian Toennesen
Becoming 'Mr. Ethical': Notes on the reflexive study of ethics and organizing
Discussant: Jasmin Mahadevan

Judy Johnston
Reflecting on two qualitative research projects: Determining what is 'real'
Discussant: Christian Toennesen
 

Session VI: Saturday, July 7 – 9:00–10:30
Being Observers and Actors

Chair: Michael Humphreys

Claudia Meister-Scheytt, Heidi Moller and Tobias Scheytt
Dancing the waltz with one's own research rabbit: Researching middle managers in higher education institutions
Discussant: Angelique Lombarts

Alfons van Marrewijk
Organizing change: Action-based ethnography in project-based alliances
Discussants: Claudia Meister-Scheytt, Heidi Moller and Tobias Scheytt

Angelique Lombarts
Reflections on leaving the field
Discussant: Dvora Yanow
 

Session VII: Saturday, July 7 – 11:00–12:30
Reflecting on the Field: Issues and Challenges

Chairs: Michael Humphreys, Alfons van Marrewijk and Dvora Yanow

Garance Marechal
Do we need a reflective turn in management and organization studies?
Alfons van Marrewijk


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