I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: When Research Questions Ought to Change

Macintosh, Robert; Bartunek, Jean; Bhatt, Mamta; Maclean, Donald

Document type :

Partie d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1108/S0897-301620160000024003

Title :

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: When Research Questions Ought to Change

Author(s) :

Macintosh, Robert [Auteur]
Bartunek, Jean [Auteur]
Bhatt, Mamta [Auteur]
Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Maclean, Donald [Auteur]

Book title :

Research in Organizational Change and Development

Publication date :

2016-07-21

ISBN :

978-1-78635-360-3

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Gestion et management

English abstract : [en]

This chapter addresses the common assumption that research questions are fixed at the outset of a study and should remain stable thereafter. We consider field-based organizational research and ask whether and when research ...
Show more >This chapter addresses the common assumption that research questions are fixed at the outset of a study and should remain stable thereafter. We consider field-based organizational research and ask whether and when research questions can legitimately change. We suggest that change can, does, and indeed should occur in response to changes in the context within which the research is being conducted. Using an illustrative example, we identify refinement and reframing as two distinct types of research question development. We conclude that greater transparency over research question evolution would be a healthy development for the field.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

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