1413: Keeping Qualitative Weird: Resisting the Objectification of Qualitative Research (11782)

Monday, August 12, 2024

11:30 – 13:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Swissotel: Vevey 1

Session Number: 1413
Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Practice,Theme,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/JQJLZX

Session Chair(s)

HH

Hans Hansen

Texas Tech U., United States

Panelist(s)

AS

Anna Stevenson

Lund U., Shool of Economics and Management, Sweden

Session Chair(s)

AS

Anne D. Smith

U. of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States

Panelist(s)

BA

Benjamin Nathan Baki Alexander

California Polytechnic State U., United States
MB

Marcos Pereira Fernandes De Barros

Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
SR

Sara R. S. T. A. Elias

U. of Victoria, Canada
JB

Jean M. Bartunek

Boston College, United States
KG

Karen Golden-Biddle

Boston U. Questrom School of Business, United States
RG

Robert P. Gephart

U. of Alberta, CANADA
DL

Dirk Lindebaum

Grenoble Ecole de Management

This panel symposium hopes to offer an insightful discussion about how we can avoid the objectification of qualitative research by “keeping it weird.” After outlining current problems in published qualitative research, we will open a space for dialogue where panelists in editorial roles, as well as the audience, will interactively discuss and explore practical suggestions for resisting objectification in qualitative research in journal publications. We hope to discuss ways we might regain qualitative research’s distinct method of embracing subjectivity and leveraging its differences, which we believe contribute to impactful and interesting research.