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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Management studies that break your heart
AU - Whiteman, Gail
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Management scholars study human phenomena filled with emotional upheaval. Though emotions in management may be legitimate topics of study, strong emotional reactions to such upheavals tend not to be. This is a missed opportunity. This article argues that heartbreak can help scholars analytically and emotionally connect with their data, the people they study, and shape the purpose of their work and life. Heartbreak can arise from the data themselves (if they touch us deeply) and through shared experience. Without it, scientific accounts may be less rich and potentially misleading. The author provides an example from her own research.
AB - Management scholars study human phenomena filled with emotional upheaval. Though emotions in management may be legitimate topics of study, strong emotional reactions to such upheavals tend not to be. This is a missed opportunity. This article argues that heartbreak can help scholars analytically and emotionally connect with their data, the people they study, and shape the purpose of their work and life. Heartbreak can arise from the data themselves (if they touch us deeply) and through shared experience. Without it, scientific accounts may be less rich and potentially misleading. The author provides an example from her own research.
KW - heartbreal
KW - emotion
KW - stakeholder
KW - gender
KW - methodology
U2 - 10.1177/1056492610370282
DO - 10.1177/1056492610370282
M3 - Journal article
VL - 19
SP - 328
EP - 337
JO - Journal of Management Inquiry
JF - Journal of Management Inquiry
SN - 1056-4926
IS - 4
M1 - 19
ER -