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And Justice for All: Our Research Participants Considered as Valued Stakeholders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Thomas A. Wright
Thomas A. Wright*
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Kansas State University, USA
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Abstract

Management scholars have suggested that our research is lacking in both relevance and meaning. In this article, I argue that a primary reason for this lack of relevance and meaning is the failure of our research to be responsive to all potential research stakeholders. Adopting the committed-to-participant research perspective, I offer suggestions for how both journal editors and organizational researchers can meaningfully include our research participants as valued stakeholders of the research process.

Keywords

committed-to-participant research (CPR) perspectivepositive researcher valuesresearch ethicsstakeholder rights忠于参与者的研究(CPR)的视角积极研究者价值观研究伦理利益相关者的权益
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , November 2011 , pp. 495 - 503
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Copyright © International Association for Chinese Management Research 2011

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