Re-imagining Research: Building a Community of Practice for Practitioner-Scholar Collaboration in Workplace Mediation

This paper will chart the evolution of the Kennedy Institute Workplace Mediation Research Group (www.kiwmrg.ie). The raison d’être of this Group is to bridge the gap between workplace mediation research and practice in... [ view full abstract ]

This paper will chart the evolution of the Kennedy Institute Workplace Mediation Research Group (www.kiwmrg.ie). The raison d’être of this Group is to bridge the gap between workplace mediation research and practice in Ireland, and a case will be made as to why this is considered important. Constituted as a ‘Community of Practice’, the Group adopts an unconventional approach to research that, the authors will argue, is uniquely suited to its purpose. Before using a specific research project as a means to illustrate the modus operandus of the Group, the paper will present the theoretical and institutional context for workplace mediation in Ireland.

Community of Practice, Co-operative Inquiry, Workplace Mediation, Practitioner and Researcher [ view full abstract ]

Community of Practice, Co-operative Inquiry, Workplace Mediation, Practitioner and Researcher