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Chair: Mary Uhl-Bien, Texas Christian U.
Chair: Anne S. Tsui, U. of Notre Dame
Facilitator: Sim B. Sitkin, Duke U.
Facilitator: William H. Glick, Rice U.
Facilitator: Srilata Zaheer, U. of Minnesota
Facilitator: Ingmar Bjorkman, Aalto U.
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| There is increasing attention to the problem of the research-practice gap of our scholarship in the Academy. In early December 2017, the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management approved a report completed by the Practice Theme Committee of the Academy on the topic of “Measuring and Achieving Scholarly Impact.” Caring for the practical impact of our scholarship underlies the theme of the 2018 AOM meeting: Improving lives. The theme is to encourage us as scholars to help organizations pay more attention to the health and well-being of employees and other stakeholders. This strikes at the heart of our research activity. How can we make sure that our research strengthens organizational capacity to improve the lives of people who work in them, and those who are the beneficiaries of their products and services and the production process? The purpose of this AAT PDW is to advance the call for “responsible research” that produces both credible and useful knowledge to enable organizations as a force for good in our societies. Concerned about the persistent gap between research and practice and the credibility risk of our scholarship, the Community for Responsible Research in Business and Management (cRRBM) published a position paper in December 2017, and issued a call to action for improving lives by improving research impact. In this PDW we will take up the call by identifying specific actions for sustaining a responsible research ecosystem that supports the vision of “responsible research for better business and a better world.” |
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