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Seeking Societal Relevance in Management Studies

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2022
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dc.abstract.plThis paper contributes to the current debate on the societal relevance of social sciences in general and management studies in particular. Using a narrative framework, we critique what we view an oversimplified discussion of Modes 1 or 2 knowledge production and provide a more complex depiction of various professional academic identities, along with their relation to cer-tain institutional structures and discourses. We show how different narratives relate to – and produce – different forms of professional identities and societal relevance. Drawing on the work of Zygmunt Bauman, we explore three main narratives for defining and creating societal rele-vance in management studies, each with its specific scholarly identities and institutional pre­re quisites: a modernist narrative in which societal relevance is defined by powerful external stakeholders; an interpretive narrative tied to local concerns and interests; and a consumption­ ­oriented narrative in which demand and the will to pay for academic services regulate what is considered relevant. We conclude that societal relevance presents itself to the social sciences in various shapes and forms. This leads to a multiplicity of narratives informing a variety of complementary professional academic identities.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Southern Denmark, Denmark
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Southern Denmark, Denmark
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Southern Denmark, Denmark
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Southern Denmark, Denmark
dc.contributor.authorElke Weik
dc.contributor.authorMette Lund Kristensen
dc.contributor.authorIngo Winkler
dc.contributor.authorRichard Mee
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-25T16:48:56Z
dc.date.available2025-07-25T16:48:56Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.volume19
dc.identifier.doi10.7206/tamara.1532-5555.13
dc.identifier.issn1532-5555
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.kozminski.edu.pl/handle/item/3168
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofTamara: Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subjectrelevance
dc.subjectmanagement studies
dc.subjectBauman
dc.subjectidentity
dc.subtypeOriginal
dc.title

Seeking Societal Relevance in Management Studies

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