Hodgkinson, Gerard P., 1961- and Starkey, Ken. (2011) Not simply returning to the same answer over and over again : reframing relevance. British Journal of Management, Vol.22 (No.3). pp. 355-369. ISSN 1045-3172

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Abstract

From its earliest days, the field of business and management studies has wrestled with fundamental questions concerning its nature and purpose: for whom and to what ends is scholarly research ultimately directed? However, amid unprecedented changes to the world of work, over the past two and a half decades these questions have become of central importance to academicians, practitioners and policy-makers. The British Academy of Management (BAM), through the work of its Research Policy Committee and the British Journal of Management, has played a central role in these developments. This paper traces the lineage of BAM's contribution and offers a critical assessment of the current state of play with regard to the so-called relevance problem, arguing that design science and critical realism have the potential to take the field forward by transcending the ‘either/or’ game into which the rigour versus relevance debate has a tendency to develop.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Marketing & Strategic Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	British Journal of Management
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	1045-3172
Official Date:	September 2011
Volume:	Vol.22
Number:	No.3
Number of Pages:	3
Page Range:	pp. 355-369
Identification Number:	10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00757.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/47771

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