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Embedding Impact in Engaged Research: Developing Socially Useful Knowledge through Dialogical Sensemaking
Author(s) -
Cunliffe Ann L.,
Scaratti Giuseppe
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8551.12204
Subject(s) - sensemaking , dialogical self , situated , embedding , relevance (law) , sociology , knowledge management , epistemology , psychology , computer science , social psychology , political science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , law
This paper explores how we can embed impact in research to generate socially useful knowledge. Our contribution lies in proposing a form of engaged research that draws upon situated knowledge and encompasses dialogical sensemaking as a way of making experience sensible in collaborative researcher−practitioner conversations. We draw attention to the intricacies of doing socially useful research and illustrate how five conversational resources can be used within dialogical sensemaking through an example of a research project in which impact and relevance were embedded and where researchers and practitioners worked together to resolve an important social and organizational issue.