Deconstruction of the past to build a future research project (DPBP)

Katia Lobre-Lebraty ()
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Katia Lobre-Lebraty: MAGELLAN - Laboratoire de Recherche Magellan - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Lyon

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Abstract: Choosing a research topic is based on the researcher's personal knowledge and experience, and determining projects within the chosen research topic is mostly contextual. To streamline the process, researchers should consider stepping back and retracing their research history and intellectual evolution. Unfortunately, few tools can show representations of personal evolution. The original methodology we propose adds objectivity to this process of introspection that researchers must engage in to develop future research. The central idea is to deconstruct previous academic publications, then reconstruct (rewrite) them to compare the old and new versions and elicit potential intellectual evolution. This process, assisted by a digital tool, is based on a protocol that can be used in many disciplines, notably management science. We will illustrate this methodology by describing the specific process of writing an application for French accreditation of thesis supervision. For technical purposes, we use NVivo, a qualitative content analysis software. We will provide an example of how authors or PhD students develop future research agendas. One of the major positive outcomes of this methodology is that it significantly limits unavoidable subjectivity in choosing new research projects. We conclude by demonstrating how this tested methodology supports researchers by pointing to possible evolutions from their situational and contextual viewpoints. It adds a measure of objectivity to academic work.

Keywords: Inductive coding; Introspection; Research project; Accreditation of thesis supervision (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-07-12
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Published in 17th European Conference on Research Methodology 12-13 July 2018, Jul 2018, Rome, Italy

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