Participatory organizational research: Examining voice in the co-production of knowledge

Burns, Diane, Hyde, Paula, Killett, Anne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4080-8365, Poland, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0003-6911 and Gray, Richard (2014) Participatory organizational research: Examining voice in the co-production of knowledge. British Journal of Management, 25 (1). 133–144. ISSN 1045-3172

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Abstract

This paper advances participatory methods in management research. We propose the term participatory organizational research to describe this adjunct to action research. We illustrate the potential of the method to allow sometimes unheard organizational members to generate alternative perspectives that can offer the potential for the co-production of new forms of knowledge that are locally relevant. Participatory methods originate from work with marginalized groups and have been used more commonly in community and organizational development. The aim of such research is, generally, to change the social and organizational conditions within which participants operate by using their perspectives as active participants to develop alternative possibilities. As such, this research method has significant potential for management researchers in providing the means for unheard organizational members to voice their perspectives: a central component, we argue, in knowledge co-production. Based on a participatory study of care quality in elder care institutions, we examine in detail how participatory organizational research can enable voice and explore some of the structural limitations particularly in respect of research ethics.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Dementia & Complexity in Later Life Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2014 14:48
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2023 01:09
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/45908
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-8551.2012.00841.x

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