<i>‘An impressive compendium encouraging the readers to engage with six excellent research projects. A must read for all academics and PhD students interested in background stories, theoretical reflections and the emotions involved to deliver excellence. I enjoyed the deep dive!’</i>

- Martina Huemann, University College London, UK,

This innovative book compiles accounts of six exemplary research journeys, each revealing the complex realities faced by researchers in their field. Detailing the processes followed and paths to producing research outcomes, candid and compelling insights are provided into the challenges both faced and overcome. These reflections are balanced by commentaries from experts in the field, situating each case study within a broader research context.



Utilising case studies and in-depth discussion, this book outlines the ideas and techniques which underpin exemplary research, to assist in the application of this theory in relation to their own research. Chapters highlight methods for critically evaluating research and identifying key strategies and potential pitfalls. It also provides a window into the roles played by the emotional research processes hidden from view in final publications, such as persistence, collaboration and embeddedness.



Doing Exemplary Research Projects is a fundamental resource for research students and early career researchers looking to develop their skills. This book is valuable for students in business and management disciplines, especially those interested in projects and temporary organizing. It is also a useful pedagogical toolkit for senior academics teaching graduate research development.

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Contents 1 Doing Exemplary Research Projects: A Guide to Practice – Introduction 1 Stewart Clegg and Julien Pollack PART I EXEMPLAR 1 2 Introductory remarks to exemplar 1 21 Stewart Clegg and Julien Pollack 3 A ten-year transition journey into project-oriented agency and regeneration 24 Sylvain Lenfle and Jonas Söderlund 4 Editing ‘exemplary research’ papers: on the exercise of editorial discretion 48 Ben R. Martin 5 Bridging paradigms? A historical organization studies approach to project-oriented agency and regeneration 57 Mairi Maclean and Charles Harvey 6 Project-oriented agency: a novel conceptual lens to advance research on sustainability transitions 64 Andrew Davies, Shah Abdul Saadi and Antonio Daood PART II EXEMPLAR 2 7 Introductory remarks to exemplar 2 77 Stewart Clegg and Julien Pollack 8 Intuition in action research: investigating project-based practices for urban sustainability 80 Hanna LehtimĂ€ki and Ari Jokinen 9 Managing sustainability projects in the City 94 Lara K. Mottee 10 Redefining project actions and impact through ground- breaking academic cooperation 101 Tommi Halonen, Karoliina Tuukkanen and Erkki-Jussi NylĂ©n 11 Temporary initiatives drive lasting change: the ripple effects of project based practices 111 Luca Sabini PART III EXEMPLAR 3 12 Introductory remarks to exemplar 3 118 Stewart Clegg and Julien Pollack 13 Disappearance of organisations via temporary organising? 122 Jörg Sydow and Arnold Windeler 14 Multiple temporalities in project-based organisations and beyond 132 Kerstin Sahlin 15 Permanent and temporary organising across time and space: do projects follow rules or create rules? 139 Fredrik Tell PART IV EXEMPLAR 4 16 Introductory remarks to exemplar 4 148 Stewart Clegg and Julien Pollack 17 Exploring ‘dark topics’ in organizational research: the challenge of researching normalization of deviance 151 Jeffrey Pinto and Kate Davis 18 Doing the wrong things for all the right reasons: positive deviances of project governance 174 Sofia Pemsel 19 ‘The corruption of project governance through normalization of deviance’ by Davis and Pinto: a commentary 182 Giorgio Locatelli PART V EXEMPLAR 5 20 Introductory remarks to exemplar 5 195 Stewart Clegg andJulien Pollack 21 Tons of data, but no theory. Ethnoventionist research in an interorganisational strategic change project 198 Alfons van Marrewijk and Leonore van den Ende 22 The imperfection of projects and opportunities for learning 212 Dicle Kortantamer 23 The folly of artefactual representation in mediating power relations 218 Simon Addyman PART VI EXEMPLAR 6 24 Introductory remarks to exemplar 6 227 Stewart Clegg andJulien Pollack 25 A story of an early academic researcher: from PhD research to publishing on PPPs and institutional entrepreneurship 230 Mhamed Biygautane 26 Commentary note: institutional entrepreneurship and infrastructure public−private partnership 248 Cyrlene Claasen, Kweku Adams, Sa’ad Ali and David Weir 27 How to make public−private partnerships work? 255 Lucia Xiaoyan Liu and Tristano Sainati PART VII CONCLUSION 28 Learning from exemplars 262 Stewart Clegg and Julien Pollack Appendix 1: List of nominators 289 Appendix 2: list of nominated papers 290
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781035316731
Publisert
2025-12-12
Utgiver
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
HĂžyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
AldersnivÄ
P, 06
SprÄk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
326

Biografisk notat

Edited by Stewart Clegg and Julien Pollack, School of Project Management, The University of Sydney