Creating scholarship and journeying through academia: reflections and interpretations from the field

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This autobiographical account describes and analyzes aspects of life and work of a scholar in organizational science. The author begins the account by discussing his origins and early work experience in South Africa, then focuses on three of his publication projects that exemplify the processes he considers significant to his development as a scholar. In reflecting on his career to date, the author points out themes that may be useful for understanding his and other scholars' experiences. He concludes by criticizing the stifling effects of the pressures universities and journals exert on scholars today, and urges the consideration of alternate ways of creating and pursuing useful knowledge. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

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Autobiography and organizations: theoretical and methodological issues

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This essay provides a general theoretical and methodological framework for understanding autobiographies. The authors argue that the autobiographies of applied behavioral scientists are useful research tools, particularly for clarifying the presuppositions underlying applied behavioral science endeavors. The autobiographies and biographies of both social scientists and nonscientists are a much neglected source of data for examining social issues, and a means of advancing our knowledge of everyday life and its organizational and cultural context. The essay concludes with the major themes of the autobiographies presented in this special issue of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

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Notes on the life of a tortured optimist

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This article is an autobiographical account of the author's background, educational experiences, and academic life and work as a professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. Particular attention is given to the author's scholarly and research interests, and to how crises involving the organizational setting in which he worked are related to the sociological problems he has addressed since the early 1960s, especially those concerning bureaucracy and human rights. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Bureaucracy, Human rights

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