Reva University, 18th & 19th Dec 20153/4/2016

research talk 107

[ rigour-relevance making academic research more relevant:Revisited therigour-relevance debate in light of recent development ]

REVA University

dr.mmbagali@gmail.comwww.linkedin.com/in/mmbagali

mm bagali, phd

the need for rigour - relevance debatehow to craft and address the r-r

q-a

agenda !!

1. Participative discussion and scholar inputs and presenters

2. Bring the present status in Management and Other areas of subject

3. End of the workshop, come out with 5 Best practices

Objective

Views, opinions, or strategies presented are what I personally think and believe to reflect “Life of PhD”, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or strategies of the Organisation…..

as a researcher, this what is my views/ experience, and I am sticking to it…………..

D I S C L A I M E R

AOM- Academy of Management Journal2011; 54,5, 873-879

How many times do Winners of AMJ Best Article Award rewrite the Title / Problem Statement

How many times did we rewrite the Title / Problem Statement

Setting the Hookrigour-relevance

AOM- Academy of Management Journal2011; 54,5, 873-879

How many times do Winners of AMJ Best Article Award rewrite the Title / Problem Statement3 to 4 times

How many times did we rewrite the Title / Problem Statement1 to 2 times

Setting the Hookrigour-relevance

Tribal warfare…

Rigor……. Academic World look forRelevance…… Corporate look for

Rigor……. Academic World look forRelevance…… Corporate look for

Setting the Context

debate in light of recent development

reports of experts…….

little effect of organisational lifedepth

coveragescientific approach

objectivesresearch design

framework of the data collections

suggestions I recommendations

reports of experts…….

miss match and correlation between-

‘ usually the data collection + results presentation + conclusion +

suggestions ’

debate in light of recent development

need to address !!!

Are corporate using the results, if no, why??

Are corporate using the results, if Yes, what and how and where??

debate in light of recent development

Management research is generally perceived to have limited influence on management practice (Pfeffer & Fong, 2002)

Miner (1984) found the 32 established organisational theories he reviewed to be of little importance to and usefulness for practitioners

Rigby (2001) discovered that only 7 of the 25 management tools and techniques he analysed originated from academia, which was also found to have lower utilisation and satisfaction, and a greater defection rate

The findings of academic research that are published in scholarly management journals are perceived to be “only remotely related to the real world of practicing managers” (Susman and Evered, 1978)

And moreover, managers who apply scientific knowledge or theory seldom get what they desire (Lundberg, 2001)

Business organisations, hence, rarely implement management practices that are carved out of the findings of academic research, even if they claim to enhance employee productivity and the financial performance of the Organisation(Hambrick, 1994 and Pfeffer and Sutton, 2000)

debate in light of recent development

[ basics of research ]Challenging the existing one X Novel

Develop a new theoryBridge theory X Practice

ContributionFresh look

Clarity…. What not to accomplish

Finding Discover

ReexamineMeasureEvaluate

Review

ImplicationsOrganisational

AcademicManagerial

How Academy of Management Journal looks at this debate in their Authors Contribution

addressing therigour-relevance

Celebrating Our Award Winning Authors and ReviewersAcademy of Management Review, 2015, October, Vo. 40; No. 4, 495-496

One Committee Member said……

The article showed perhaps the broadest reach in terms of relevance and implications……

I could readily imagine …..

It investigates an issue central to MANY arenas of inquiry…..

Sheds new light in / on the process….

Can shape their future work and contribution to the field……

The reason for limited relevance of academic research is primarilyattributed to academic researchers…..

…….. who seem to be “out-of-touch” with the language, problems, and concerns of the business world and practitioners (Rudolph & Peluchette, 1992)

Practitioners who look for “actionable” knowledge seldom refer to academic research (Beer, 2001, Huff, 2000 and Lundberg, 2001)

Track the advancement of knowledge in the world of academe. Business organisations prefer to approach management consultants instead (Kilmann, Slevin, & Jerrell, 1983)

[ Relevance

academic researchers ]

SignificanceNovelty

RelevantCuriosity

ScopeAction+ability

NoveltyNew vocabulary

New ideasNew practices

Two pathologiesFamiliarity trap

Maturity trap

[ Relevance

academic researchers ]

A consultant simplifies complex organizational issues of the empirical world on the basis of understanding, explanations, and predictions(Brannick and Coghlan, 2006), whereas academic scholars are perceived to complexify issues in their attempt to theorize organizationalphenomena by considering all possible manifestations and contingencies

whats your take on this !!!!

[ Relevance

academic researchers ]

Possible + Potential ImpactReachValue

ImplicationsPerceptives

[ Relevance

focus ]

Most of the studies are concept centric rather than problem driven (Panda and Gupta, 2007)

concepts, frameworks, and methods of Western business organisations without validating those for Indian context

[ Relevance

focus ]

New paradigmBroadest reach in terms of relevance and implications

Shed New lightsWhat's the landscape

Interdisciplinary

Is it ValidIs it Clear

Is it FocusedIs it SpecificIs it elegant

Grand Challenge !!

[ Relevance

Problem Identification ]

[ Rigor

A beginning ]Indian Academy of Management (IAoM), during its second biannual meet at IIM Bangalore in December 2011, urged Indian researchers to strive for the level of rigour of the Western models, while conducting indigenous research using context relevant constructs and methodologies, to suit the development and educational requirements of the country (Khatri et al., 2012)

[ Rigor I Relevance paradox ]

[ Rigor

A beginning ]

How many visited library before Planning to do research

How many saw literature / article /papers /report before commencement

How many visited company / organisation before finalising to do research

Conference / Working Group / Workshop, et al

Will give you “ Trend” analysis

[ Relevant

A beginning ]Literature Search + Leads + Observation + Leads + Theory Development

Observe + Leads + Literature + Leads + Theory Development

Theory Development + Leads + Literature Verification + Leads + Proposal

Concept Construct + Leads + Literature + Leads + idea generation

Journal Scan for Scholarly writingMake a span of 10 years and trend

Have received more scholarly attention

Study a Life cycle of topics / areas

[ How do I go…. 1 ]

Select a theme / Topic / Area / Probable issue

Send it to stake holders / get acknowledgement

Than, select / finalize / the area of work

[ How do I go …. 2 ]

Did I understood the themeEvaluate its effectiveness

Tools and techniques: from academic to practice / or practice to academic

Appeal to real world of practicing managers

What Managers really need from the academician

As researcher, ask ….

Address…..Disconnect between the world of academics and practice !!

Work initially with Consultants

Academic scholars to collaborate with practitioners for developing research agenda

MOU’s and collaborations with corporate

Joint Courses with corporate

best practices

As researcher, ask ….

Address…..Disconnect between the world of academics and practice !!

Publications…. can include Managers

Before final submission…..organise conference / workshop

Presentation for Professional Association

As researcher, ask ….

Sources for New Areas for Theory Building - Relevance and Rigor issuesBudget

Business TV TalkBusiness News

Paper reportingJournal scanning

Peer Review of other work

Article metricAuthor metricJournal metricFuture and Further work

Conference papers / LinkedIn discussion / Twitters

Books / Theses, dissertations and research in progress

Working papers or unpublished papers Documents on the internet / Government publications,

official statisticsPersonal requests to knowledgeable researchers

and/or practitioners

Reports from relevant institutions: companies, public bodies

Government publications and official statistics

Reference works, general guides to the literature and guides to the literature in particular subject areas

(compendium catalogues)

Journals / Editorials Network talks and evening meets

Sources for New Areas for Theory Building - Relevance and Rigor issues

Individual Scholars Can Reduce the Rigor-Relevance Gap in Management ResearchContributions to the body of management

knowledge

“problem-oriented” research

Engaging practitioners as partners in the research process

Phenomenon-Driven Research

Institutional ResponseSeed money for faculty members desirous of undertaking

context specific research

Funds to host conferences on indigenous themes

Providing and supporting travel to conferences of organizational and industry relevance

Providing discretionary funds for research travel, appointment of researchers, procurement of aids that

enable research etc.

Rewarding and recognizing faculty members who evangelize locally relevant, context specific research

R-R ChallengesCorporate response

Samples form Corporate or UniverseCompany Choice

Landscape coverageCan we have managers perceptive as Expert report

Evidence based Problem identification

Signature Areas Indian Context

Start-Up’sWomen on Boards

Social MediaGender issues

Global

MNCLeadership

Economy and Business transformation

Across

Family FirmsDiasporas

AOM….. Academy of ManagementAOM….. Academy of Management ReviewAdministrative Science QuarterlyStrategic Management JournalJl of International Business StudiesOrganizational Science

VikalpaManagement reviewManagerMLSEPWTISS

Most Sort after Journals….The Best

NHRD Network NewsletterSHRM ReviewAIMA…. Indian ManagementIIM….

Scopus or Web of ScienceEBSCOResearch gate / Academia.edu

BrowzineJournal Performance

Watch !!

HBR‘ Idea Watch ’, Defend Your Research

AOM‘ From the Editor ’, column

IIMB‘ Round Table ', Management Review

IIMA‘ Colloquium ’, Vikalpa

Methodological Issues

Title / Areas MethodologySamplingData CollectionWriting and presentation style

Type…..Case typeComparative analysis

Levels of inclusion

Develop Instrumentation / Tool

Plagiarism

Closing Thoughts

SignificanceNovelty

Scope / LandscapeTitle mattersContribution

and yes, addressing the relevance and rigour issues

Closing Thoughts

RigorRelevance

+ Results+ References

The publications of the AOM Academy include the following:

Academy of Management JournalAcademy of Management ReviewAcademy of Management Perspectives (formerly Academy of Management Executive)Academy of Management Learning and EducationAcademy of Management AnnalsAcademy of Management Discoveries

Jl. of Applied PsychologyManagement ScienceJl. of International Management StudiesJl. of ManagementAdministrative Science QuarterlyOrganisation ScienceCase Research JournalJl. of Business StrategiesAOM Learning and EducationJl. of Management historyAOM PerceptiveJl. of Management StudiesPublic Administrative QuarterlyCalifornia Management ReviewPersonnel Review

…………..

Best 50+ Journals – few cited

Making academic research more relevant: A few suggestions

Abinash Pandaa,Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management Area,Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur 244713, India

Rajen K. Gupta,Human Behaviour and Organizational Development Area, MDI Gurgaon, India

on line available…2 August 2014

Recent Debate published……..

The papers published in Harvard Business Review

The papers published in AOM

Working papers of Dr. Garvin and Dr. Datar, HBS

Academy of Management Journal: http://aom.pace.edu/amjnew/

Academy of Management Review: http://www.aom.pace.edu/amr/

Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/

Journal of Management: http://journalofmanagement.moore.sc.edu/

acknowledgments…..

http://in.linkedin.com/in/mmbagali

Such a pleasure to be with all this morning !!

thank you all and let us celebrate the work !!!!!