How to break the mold
Re-imagining multimodal organization and management studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20500466 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Laura Toraldo (0000-0002-6362-860X, University of Milan, corresponding author), Dennis Jancsary (0000-0002-7836-4133, University of Liverpool), Markus A Höllerer (0000-0003-2509-2696, UNSW Sydney), R E Meyer (0000-0003-1033-5560, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria), Gianluigi Mangia (0000-0002-8723-3661, University of Naples Federico II) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-5084 • E-ISSN: 1461-7323 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13505084251396788 |
| OpenAlex | W7116688840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 74 |
In this essay, we take the burgeoning scholarship on multimodal approaches to the study of organization and management as our point of departure to explore substantial limitations hindering a genuinely multimodal understanding within our discipline. We problematize how existing academic conventions : (a) limit our research agenda and the choice of relevant phenomena, topics, research questions, and empirical designs; (b) restrict the conceptual and empirical toolbox within the research process , restricting researchers’ ability to explore and exploit opportunities afforded by multimodality; and (c) narrow down the channels for scholarly communication , including the distribution of findings and knowledge transfer. Subsequently, we outline three promising “shifts”—toward research as a creative endeavor , toward research as an encounter , and toward research as a material practice —that we believe may successfully pave the way to fully harness the potential of multimodality in our field
Empirical research · Exploit · Multimodality · Organization studies · Scholarship · Toolbox · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Management and Organizational Studies · Participatory Visual Research Methods
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |