Embedding Impact in Research: Addressing the Interactional Production of Workplace Activities

As scholars both in the UK and we discuss a distinctive approach to developing impact that rests upon close cooperation between academics and practitioners from the outset of a particular project. The approach draws upon ethnomethodology and conversation analysis and addresses the social and interac...

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Published inBritish journal of management Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 539 - 552
Main Authors vom Lehn, Dirk, Heath, Christian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2022
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Academic staff
Cooperation
Ethnomethodology
Eye tests
Workplaces
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Summary:As scholars both in the UK and we discuss a distinctive approach to developing impact that rests upon close cooperation between academics and practitioners from the outset of a particular project. The approach draws upon ethnomethodology and conversation analysis and addresses the social and interactional foundations of work and organization, an approach that increasingly uses video‐recordings of everyday activities augmented by field studies. We discuss examples drawn from our own research, projects concerned with such matters as eye tests, auctions of fine art and urban transport, and seek to show that developing impact in cooperation with practitioners does not necessitate compromising the academic contribution of research.
ISSN:1045-3172
1467-8551
DOI:10.1111/1467-8551.12468