Re-imagining the Research Process

Mats Alvesson is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Bath, and also affiliated with Lund University, Stockholm School of Economics and Bayes Business School, City, University of London. Joergen Sandberg is Professor in the University of Queensland (UQ) Business School and Honorary Professor at Warwick Business School.

Part 1: Setting the scene and metaphorical reflexivity Chapter 1 Conventions and templates: a straitjacket for innovative research Chapter 2 Metaphors Chapter 3 Reflexivity Chapter 4 Reflexivity and metaphors in combination Part 2: Re-imaging the research process Chapter 5 Metaphorizing the grounding elements of RP Chapter 6 Metaphorizing the framing elements of RP Chapter 7 Metaphorizing the processing elements of RP Chapter 8 Metaphorizing the delivering elements of RP Part 3: A kaleidoscope of RP metaphors Chapter 9 Proposing a kaleidoscopic of RP metaphors Chapter 10 Illustrating the kaleidoscope of RP metaphors Chapter 11 Generating more interesting research through metaphorical reflexivity

This is a very important book that goes right to the heart of what research and scholarship is and could be in the social sciences; and which therefore touches on several profound matters of intellectual and academic life in the twenty-first century. -- Ronald Barnett This book is a formidable achievement, brilliant both in its breadth and depth. It offers a tremendous corrective to the various formulas that clutter conventional methods books. -- Yiannis Gabriel