Journal article
Accounting meets Futures Studies in Interdisciplinary Research: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Journal of Futures Studies, Vol.28(1), pp.25-39
2023
Abstract
An in-depth case study sought to explore a potential practice-base for a theory concerning democratizing corporate-community engagement. However, the study grappled with tensions between ‘incompatible’ fields. The purpose of the paper is an appreciation of collaborative, integrated interdisciplinary research – its benefits, and its challenges. An exploratory descriptive design punctuated with reflective writing is applied as method. Bridge-building strategies between fields are assessed by applying criteria relating to interdisciplinary research. Success is limited; one strategy being aligned with multidisciplinary research, the other weighted towards one of the fields. A more fully integrated research approach through dialogue and collaboration would increase the effectiveness of the study and the strength of the results. Although challenging, integration potentially strengthens the rewards of interdisciplinary research and facilitates true ‘hybrid vigour’ and valuable ‘novel’ insights. Rewards could include interventions that would move firms, and indeed civil society, closer to preferable social and environmental outcomes. The research findings are supportive of the need for epistemological pluralism requiring a reach across disciplinary boundaries.
Details
- Title
- Accounting meets Futures Studies in Interdisciplinary Research: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- Authors
- Marcelle Holdaway (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- Journal of Futures Studies, Vol.28(1), pp.25-39
- Publisher
- Tamkang University, Graduate Institute of Futures Studies
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99662998802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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