330: Innovating Research: Doing Methods Differently (18680)

This PDW will be of interest to anyone already doing or wanting to do research methods differently from established norms and conventions. We will draw on and further develop the long-standing Critical Management Studies (CMS) tradition and expertise in questioning dominant expectations and proposing innovative alternatives. This includes proposals for doing research differently that are currently gaining momentum within CMS as part of the movement to reimagine academic praxis. Such proposals have a broad appeal and relevance to management researchers beyond as well as within CMS, and this PDW aims to attract participants from across AOM Divisions in the spirit of openness, dialogue, and forging new cross-divisional connections. The PDW will be structured in three parts. Firstly, the PDW will open with a series of brief talks from established and emerging expert researchers, sharing insights into doing methods differently. Secondly, roundtable discussions will provide participants with an opportunity to share their experiences, questions, and concerns about doing research methods differently with each other and with the PDW organisers and facilitators. Thirdly, we will come together again for a plenary debrief, sharing key insights from each roundtable. The overall aim of the PDW will be to provide participants with support, encouragement, knowledge, and inspiration, developing their overall capacity for research innovation through peer dialogue and learning.