The contributors to this book argue that in order to keep organizational research relevant to both theory and practice, research must deviate from the orthodoxy of traditional positivistic research.

Table of Contents

• Introduction - SUSAN ALBERS MOHRMAN AND EDWARD E. LAWLER III
• ONE Research for Theory and Practice: Framing the Challenge - SUSAN ALBERS MOHRMAN AND EDWARD E. LAWLER III
• PART I Exemplars of Useful Research
• TWO Crossing Boundaries to Investigate Problems in the Field: An Approach to Useful Research - AMY C. EDMONDSON
• THREE Collaborative Organization Design Research at the Center for Effective Organizations - SUSAN ALBERS MOHRMAN AND ALLAN M. MOHRMAN, JR.
• FOUR A Ten-Year Journey of Cooperation - LYNDA GRATTON
• FIVE Commentary: Walking on Three Legs - J. RICHARD HACKMAN
• PART II Bodies of Work That Have Influenced Theory and Practice
• SIX Rigor and Relevance in Organizational Research: Experiences, Reflections, and a Look Ahead - PHILIP MIRVIS AND EDWARD E. LAWLER III
• SEVEN Can Relevance and Rigor Coexist? - C. K. PRAHALAD
• EIGHT Making a Difference and Contributing Useful Knowledge: Principles Derived from Life As a Scholar-Practitioner - MICHAEL BEER
• NINE On Knowing and Doing: A Perspective on the Synergies between Research and Practice - MICHAEL L. TUSHMAN
• PART III Pathways: Research to Practice
• TEN Academic-Consultant Collaboration: Doing Research across the Divide - RUTH WAGEMAN
• ELEVEN Integrating Theory to Inform Practice: Insights from the Practitioner-Scholar - RAMKRISHNAN (RAM) V. TENKASI
• TWELVE Organization Development Scholar-Practitioners: Between Scholarship and Practice - JEAN M. BARTUNEK AND EDGAR H. SCHEIN
• THIRTEEN Professional Associations: Supporting Useful Research - WAYNE F. CASCIO
• FOURTEEN Sticky Findings: Research Evidence Practitioners Find Useful - DENISE M. ROUSSEAU AND JOHN W. BOUDREAU
• FIFTEEN Popular and Influential Management Books - GEORGE S. BENSON
• SIXTEEN Commentary: Observations Concerning Pathways for Doing “Useful Research” - GARY P. LATHAM
• SEVENTEEN Practitioner Perspectives: Comments from a Panel Discussion - DAVID NADLER, IAN ZISKIN, EDWARD E. LAWLER III, MICHAEL BEER, AND SUSAN ALBERS MOHRMAN
• PART IV Barriers and Enablers
• EIGHTEEN How Business Schools Shape (Misshape) Management Research - THOMAS G. CUMMINGS
• NINETEEN Counterpoint: Now Is a Great Time for Conducting Relevant Research! - SARA L. RYNES
• TWENTY On the Verge of Extinction: Some Final Reptilian Thoughts - JAMES O'TOOLE
• PART V Putting It All Together
• TWENTY-ONE Reflections on Research for Theory and Practice: From an Engaged Scholarship Perspective - ANDREW H. VAN DE VEN
• TWENTY-TWO What We Have Learned - SUSAN ALBERS MOHRMAN AND EDWARD E. LAWLER III
• Acknowledgments
• About the Center for Effective Organizations (CEO)
• About the Editors