Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jörgen (2014) Habitat and habitus : boxed-in versus box-breaking research. Organization Studies, 35 (7). pp. 967-987. doi:10.1177/0170840614530916 ISSN 0170-8406.

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Abstract

This paper argues that scholarly work is increasingly situated in narrowly circumscribed areas of study, which are encouraging specialization, incremental adding-to-the-literature contributions and a blinkered mindset. Researchers invest considerable time and energy in these specialized areas in order to maximize their productivity and career prospects. We refer to this way of doing research and structuring careers as boxed-in research. While such research is normally portrayed as a template for good scholarship, it gives rise to significant problems in management and organization studies, as it tends to generate a shortage of novel and influential ideas. We propose box-breaking research as a strategy for how researchers and institutions can move away from the prevalence of boxed-in research and, thus, be able to generate more imaginative and influential research results. We suggest three versions: box changing, box jumping and, more ambitiously, box transcendence.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	Organization Studies
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0170-8406
Official Date:	1 July 2014
Dates:	Date Event 1 July 2014 Published 21 May 2014 Available
Volume:	35
Number:	7
Page Range:	pp. 967-987
DOI:	10.1177/0170840614530916
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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