Introducing the multi-spatial study: Taking process ontology seriously in organization studies

Hallin, AnetteMälardalens högskola,Industriell ekonomi och organisation,IEO (author)

Introducing the multi-spatial study : Taking process ontology seriously in organization studies

This research note argues for a new method in organization studies: the multi-spatial study. Intended as a way to take the call for new methods in a fluid world seriously (Law, 2004), the multi-spatial study is a way of taking process ontology seriously by studying multiple trajectories (Massey, 2005). Methodologically, the multi-spatial study may be described as the involvement of a large number of researchers who study an organizational phenomenon from various perspectives at different places, but at the same point in time. By focusing the research efforts into a single point in time, directing attention to everything that happens in relation to the organization/al phenomenon/, a deeper understanding may be developed of how various trajectories that take form at the same time but at different physical places are related. This paper describes the rationale for the multi-spatial study as an alternative to the traditional, representational and linear ways of studying organization.

Crevani, LuciaMälardalens högskola,Industriell ekonomi och organisation,IEO(Swepub:mdh)lci01 (author)
Lychnell, Lars-OlofStockholm School of Economics (author)
Mälardalens högskolaIndustriell ekonomi och organisation (creator_code:org_t)

In:Proceedings of the 22nd Nordic Academy of Management Conference (NFF) 21-23 August, 2013, Reykjavik, Iceland

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