Relational Research and Organisation Studies

1   Studying Organising through Relational and Social Constructionist Inquiries

Introduction and Concepts

Charlotte Øland Madsen, Jørgen Gulddahl Rasmussen, Mette Vinther Larsen, and Lone Hersted

Introduction

Relational Research and Organisation Studies is a book on how research methods can be developed and used when the main objective is to collaborate with practitioners to study organisations, cooperation, groups of people, etc. from constructionist perspectives. Thus, it also becomes a book on inquiries for collaboration between organisational members and researchers, exploring relational and social dimensions together. In this first chapter, important terms and concepts of relational research are outlined and some of the bodies of thought ...