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Research Subjects/Research Subjections: Exploring the Ethics and Politics of Critical Research

Edward Wray-Bliss

University of Salford, UK

I use this paper to reflect upon the ethics and politics of Critical Management Studies (CMS) research. I highlight a potential for problematic power relations in CMS and, drawing upon Foucault's (1976) `five methodological precautions' for analysing power, I explore these power relations as an effect of the micro-constitution of `subordinate' and `superior' subject positions within the research process. Through detailed analysis of a research interview transcript I illustrate how the researched's `subordinate' and researcher's `superior' subject positions may be constructed as an outcome of normal and well-intentioned CMS research.

Key Words: Critical Management Studies • ethics • methodology • power

Organization, Vol. 10, No. 2, 307-325 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1350508403010002007
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