2089: Doing Impactful Research in Organization and Management Theory: Taking Stock and Retooling (10625)

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

11:30 – 13:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Fairmont: Crystal Room

Session Number: 2089
Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Practice,Theme,Research
Showcase Symposium
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/PndKrx

Organizer(s)

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Charlotte Traeger

U. of Bern, Switzerland
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Melodie Cartel

UNSW Business School, Australia, Australia

Discussant(s)

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Johanna Mair

Hertie School of Governance, Germany

Panelist(s)

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Michael Lounsbury

U. of Alberta, Canada
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Juliane Reinecke

Oxford U., Saïd Business School
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Christian Seelos

Stanford U., United States
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Suzanne Chan-Serafin

UNSW Sydney, Australia

Finalist for the OMT Division Best Symposium Award

Doing impactful research has become the new currency in the field of organization and management scholarship. Impactful research is generally understood as the development of actionable insights in relation to important phenomena. This recent trend has already had a variety of positive outcomes, from channeling the attention of the academic community towards important topics to providing actionable insights. However, some scholars are urging to push this agenda further, stressing the limitations of the theories, perspectives and methods employed, and challenging the very notion of impactful research. To critically reflect, discuss, and accumulate knowledge about conducting impactful research, our symposium assembles a panel of five distinguished scholars from diverse disciplines, all committed to doing impactful research. In their work, they have highlighted the limitations of the main concepts, theories, and methods that their disciplines have to offer when conducting impactful research. Importantly, they offer alternatives to go beyond the current scope of impactful research and harness its full potential. As such, the symposium aims at developing a generative research agenda on how to conduct impactful research. The feasibility of this agenda in the current academic system, particularly for early career scholars, will be discussed.