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Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper › peer-review
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TY - CONF
T1 - Studying management practices
T2 - British Academy of Management Conference
AU - Mason, Katy
AU - Beech, Nic
AU - Denyer, David
AU - MacIntosh, Robert
PY - 2014/9/9
Y1 - 2014/9/9
N2 - With the increasing importance and dominance of practice theory in organisation, management and marketing research, this paper sets out to review the different conceptualisations of practice that have been adopted or drawn upon in the management literature, show how these provide different insights into action, meaning and transformation and highlight the methodological implications for management researchers. We also consider how different methods of inquiry and specifically, the way researchers engage with the practices they study, inform and transform our understanding of practice. We conclude by discussing how management practice researchers can benefit from recognising, actively questioning and aligning their conception of practice and their engagement in the research process and suggest some ways in which this can be achieved.
AB - With the increasing importance and dominance of practice theory in organisation, management and marketing research, this paper sets out to review the different conceptualisations of practice that have been adopted or drawn upon in the management literature, show how these provide different insights into action, meaning and transformation and highlight the methodological implications for management researchers. We also consider how different methods of inquiry and specifically, the way researchers engage with the practices they study, inform and transform our understanding of practice. We conclude by discussing how management practice researchers can benefit from recognising, actively questioning and aligning their conception of practice and their engagement in the research process and suggest some ways in which this can be achieved.
KW - management practices
KW - practice theory
KW - research methods
M3 - Conference paper
Y2 - 9 September 2014 through 11 September 2014
ER -