Re-imagining the Research Process

Conventional and Alternative Metaphors

Mats Alvesson, Jorgen Sandberg

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Sage Publications Ltd
01 October 2021

Research methods: general; Social research & statistics; Research & development management

This book offers a unique solution to the shortage of more imaginative and engaging research by re-imagining the core elements of the research process.

In contrast to existing methods, which mainly focus on standard ingredients in the research process, the metaphorical approach taken here offers a more varied and comprehensive platform for producing novel, influential and relevant research. The set of guiding principles suggested in the book provides researchers with the resources to break away from existing conventions and templates for conducting and writing research.

Re-imagining the Research Process: Conventional and Alternative Metaphors is suitable for upper-undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers interested in challenging traditional views of the research process.

Mats Alvesson holds a chair in the Business Administration department at Lund University in Sweden and is also a part-time professor at University of Queensland Business School, Australia and at Cass Business School, UK.

Jorgen Sandberg is Professor at UQ Business School, University of Queensland, Australia, and Distinguished Research Environment Professor in Organization Studies at the Warwick Business School, UK.

By: Mats Alvesson, Jorgen Sandberg
Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 170mm,
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781529732146
ISBN 10: 152973214X
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 October 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Part 1: Setting the scene and metaphorical reflexivity Chapter 1 Conventions and templates: a straitjacket for innovative research Chapter 2 Metaphors Chapter 3 Reflexivity Chapter 4 Reflexivity and metaphors in combination Part 2: Re-imaging the research process Chapter 5 Metaphorizing the grounding elements of RP Chapter 6 Metaphorizing the framing elements of RP Chapter 7 Metaphorizing the processing elements of RP Chapter 8 Metaphorizing the delivering elements of RP Part 3: A kaleidoscope of RP metaphors Chapter 9 Proposing a kaleidoscopic of RP metaphors Chapter 10 Illustrating the kaleidoscope of RP metaphors Chapter 11 Generating more interesting research through metaphorical reflexivity

Mats Alvesson is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Bath, and also affiliated with Lund University, Stockholm School of Economics and Bayes Business School, City, University of London. Jörgen Sandberg is Professor in the University of Queensland (UQ) Business School and Honorary Professor at Warwick Business School.

Reviews for Re-imagining the Research Process: Conventional and Alternative Metaphors

This is a very important book that goes right to the heart of what research and scholarship is and could be in the social sciences; and which therefore touches on several profound matters of intellectual and academic life in the twenty-first century. -- Ronald Barnett This book is a formidable achievement, brilliant both in its breadth and depth. It offers a tremendous corrective to the various formulas that clutter conventional methods books. -- Yiannis Gabriel