How to Do Relevant Research

Philip H. Mirvis, Senior Research Fellow, Global Network on Corporate Citizenship and Lewis Institute for Social Innovation, Babson College, Susan Albers Mohrman, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Effective Organizations, University of Southern California and Christopher G. Worley, Research Professor of Management, Department of Management and Organization Theory, Pepperdine University, US

• Contents: Preface and acknowledgements PART I WHAT AND WHY 1. Theory-driven, practice-driven, and “sweet spot” management research 2. Developing your research philosophy 3. Creating value in organizational research: a relational view 4. Relevant research: yesterday and today PART II HOW 5. Theorizing and practice 6. Research and practice 7. Communicating research to scholars and practitioners 8. Managing research relationships in the field 9. Being a sweet spot researcher Index

‘This book is a very powerful statement of how management research can be relevant for management practice and why that is important. I used a preprint with my doctoral students to enable them to think about how their scholarship can be both rigorous and relevant. The reflective questions scattered throughout the book are an added bonus that guide students to reflect for themselves about what matters to them about research. I strongly recommend this book for academics pondering their links with practice.’