Research in Management or research for Management

Stéphan Bourcieu (1) , Melchior Salgado (2)

1 Audencia Recherche
2 SAF - Laboratoire de Sciences Actuarielle et Financière

The study presents a monographic description based on a personal experience. We identify the three main steps : * The reasons that lead a researcher in management to become an action-researcher; * The action of transformation of the SME that welcomes the researcher; * The process that leads action-researcher to become the General Manager of the SME and daily mixes research and management as intellectual intrapreneur. Then we analyse the consequences of this process through two key questions: * Is action-research designed to lead research in Management or research for Management? * How to maintain the external validity of an action-research that transforms the researcher into an intrapreneur?

Mots clés: Research; Management; Researcher; Action Research; CIFRE

Domaines: Gestion et management

Stéphan Bourcieu, Melchior Salgado. Research in Management or research for Management. 21th EGOS Colloquium, Berlin Berlin 2005. Practice-Oriented Research Methods : The Practice of Action Research as a means of un-locking the organizations, Jun 2005, Berlin, Allemagne. pp.1-18. ⟨halshs-00769123⟩