What is the role of philosophy in management research, and why is this of particular relevance to (MSR) scholars? This live research session aims to bring relevance back into philosophy, and philosophy back into management research. It does so by introducing major philosophical commitments in management research and presenting an overview of tools that are available to scholars in orienting themselves between different philosophical traditions. The organizers then guide participants through the use of the ‘Heightening your Awareness of Research Philosophy (HARP, Saunders & Bristow, 2014) tool’. Participants will not get a definitive answer to the question of ‘What is my research philosophy?’ but rather will get an indication of where their views are (dis)similar to five major philosophical traditions. The session will close with a reflection and discussion of both the HARP tool and participants’ own philosophical indications and its implications on their scholarly works.
