The Research Methods and Research Practice (RM&RP) strategic interest group (SIG) exists to promote debates – and stimulate innovation – around all aspects of academic research, from its conception through to its execution, the subsequent development of theory and the dissemination of findings and knowledge. The RM&RP SIG seeks to draw understanding about research methods and research practice from all business and management disciplines including Accounting, Computer Science, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resource Management, Learning and Development, Marketing, Operations Management, Organizational Behaviour, Strategy, and Systems Management. By sharing novel approaches and advancing knowledge about the usefulness of different methods and the facilitators of – and constraints on – the use of those methods in the research and broader environment, it seeks to enable researchers to improve the design and execution of their research and its dissemination. Good research approaches are indispensable to the asking of important research questions, the development of useful theories and meaningful engagement with broader societies. The RM&RP SIG aims to stimulate debate in a supportive environment in which all levels of academic from doctoral students through to senior professors feel at home. The RM&RP SIG aims to promote understanding across national borders and to draw strength from the diversity of research approaches that exist across Europe and beyond. It seeks to generate continuous debate between conferences through its use of a range of different media including electronic newsletters and a presence on the world wide web.
SIG OFFICERS (2019-2021):
Bill Lee (University of Sheffield, UK) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. SIG Chairs
Gianpaolo Abatecola (University of Rome Tor Vergata, IT) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. SIG Chairs
Viktor Dörfler (University of Strathclyde) - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. SIG Plenary Chairs
Marc Stierand (Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne) - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. SIG Plenary Chairs
Prof. Dr Petra Poljsak-Rosinski (BAU International Berlin – University of Applied Sciences) - poljsak-rosinski@
Heidi Collins - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. SIG Communication Officer
GT12_00 Research Methods and Research Practice General Track
Management academics' capability to contribute to the development of knowledge depend on their ability to develop and apply appropriate methods to generate and interpret findings and to consider suitable theories to guide action for the application of that knowledge. The RM&RP track invites papers on all kinds of research methods, analytical techniques, epistemological and ontological approaches and management theories. It also welcomes papers on the future challenges facing researchers including the establishment of trust in their research, gaining access, co-creating knowledge with different stakeholders, working internationally, catering for different audiences and promoting positive impact.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people,
Goal 4: Quality education,
Goal 5: Gender equality,
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth,
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,
Goal 10: Reducing inequalities,
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities,
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production,
Goal 15: Life on land,
Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions,
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
RESEARCH METHODS AND RESEARCH PRACTICE SIG STANDING TRACKS
ST12_01 - Coevolution, Ecosystems and Evolutionary Approaches in Management Research
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities,
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production,
Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions,
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
ST12_02 - Management and Organization Theory
As researchers in management and organization, we want to develop or apply adequate, impactful, and future proof theories. Yet, there is more concern than ever that "management theory is a becoming a compendium of dead ideas" (The Economist) and that there is a lack of up-to-date management and organization theories (Panel I @EURAM 2018). The "Management and Organization Theory" track is a response to this theoretical vacuum. Open to all paradigms, it invites decidedly theoretical and conceptual contributions from scholars with backgrounds in management and organization studies, sociology, economics, anthropology, history, information science,and communication studies, and further appropriate fields sciences.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 1: No poverty,
Goal 2: Zero hunger,
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people,
Goal 4: Quality education,
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth,
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,
Goal 10: Reducing inequalities,
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities,
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production,
Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions,
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Steffen Roth , La Rochelle Business School, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ST12_03 - Research Methods for Complex Adaptive Systems
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people,
Goal 4: Quality education,
Goal 5: Gender equality,
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation,
Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy,
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth,
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,
Goal 10: Reducing inequalities,
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities,
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production,
Goal 13: Climate action
RESEARCH METHODS AND RESEARCH PRACTICE SIG TRACKS
T12_04 - (Management) Consulting: Theory and Practice
In an ever-changing world, Management Consulting has risen to unprecedented heights, yet solid research on the theory of consulting has as of yet not developed coherent concepts on the impact of machine learning, new institutional forms and changing structures in a high-risk, globalized market.
- What is the future of consulting?
- What are the characteristics of professional services organizations?
- How can consulting interventions impact organizations?
- Are there signs of important transformations in the business of consulting?
- What is the effect and future position of machine learning and advanced algorithms in the consulting market?
- Is consulting more than giving advice?
- What are the dynamics of Client-Consultant relationship?
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)::
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Augusto Sales , Rennes School of Business, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
T12_05 - Resource Interaction Research and Network Approaches
This special track seeks to provide a forum for discussions about resource combinations and connections occurring across organisations, and investigated by means of various network approaches. To stimulate fruitful discussions and cross-fertilization we encourage submissions taking a variety of network approaches on interacting resources: for instance, the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) view, Actor-Network Theory (ANT), the Resource Based View (RBV), Service Dominant Logic (SDL) and Servitization. Submissions can be both conceptual and empirical. We welcome submissions adopting a wide range of methods, including for instance case studies, qualitative comparative analyses of multiple cases, quantitative studies and agent-based simulations.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 4: Quality education,
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth,
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production,
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Enrico Baraldi , Uppsala University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
T12_06 - The transformative firm: Re-thinking the role of firms in transition processes to sustainability
Which role can and should firms play in innovation systems (IS) dedicated to sustainability transitions?
Arguably, the transformative potential of currently powerful actors in the private sector remains under-explored with respect to sustainability transitions in IS, where the potential of incumbents is even less researched than the role of startups.
Recent advancements in terms of IS for sustainability also lack discussions about the potential contributions of ‘transformative firms’.
This topic proposal aims to attract a wide range of methodological, conceptual, and empirical contributions. Submissions are encouraged to explore diverse approaches linked to IS and (entrepreneurial) ecosystems with an explicit focus on sustainability transitions.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 1: No poverty,
Goal 2: Zero hunger,
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people,
Goal 4: Quality education,
Goal 5: Gender equality,
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation,
Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy,
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth,
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,
Goal 10: Reducing inequalities,
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities,
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production,
Goal 13: Climate action,
Goal 14: Life below water,
Goal 15: Life on land,
Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions,
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Michael Schlaile , University of Hohenheim, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
T10_02/T12_07 - Action research, collaborative research and participatory research - engaged scholarship in project and business
Action research, collaborative research and participatory research are engaged forms of scholarship that in projects, innovation and business studies directly address the problematique of the ‘Business of Now’. There are important research methodological and project organizing issues to enhance effectiveness and value of these approaches that occasion this collaborative call for submission to joint track of the Project Organizing and Research Methods and Research Practice Interest Groups. We welcome contributions that address challenges in this type of research and shows ways to reconstruct and apply research and project practices, designs and philosophies to make approaches more rigorous, reflective and relevant.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth,
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure,
Goal 10: Reducing inequalities,
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities,
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production,
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Erik Lindhult , Mälardalen University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
