Welcome to the Empowering Blog!

Welcome to the Empowering Methodologies in Management Research Blog. My name is Cecilia Loureiro-Koechlin and I work at the Open University Business School. I will be in charge of updating this blog with thoughts, news and events.

Developing Empowering Methodologies in Management Project

The purpose of the project is to enhance research capacity, develop researchers' skills and strengthen methodological understanding of approaches to business and management research that seek to empower research participants. Empowerment is defined as a means of giving voice to marginalised organisational members in the context of postcolonial, globalised India.

The  objectives  of  the  project  are  to:
1)  Develop  a  conceptual  definition  of  empowering  methodologies  in  business  and  management  research  as  a  basis  for  operationalisation;  
2)  Explore  potential  applications  of  empowering  methodologies  in  business  and  management  research;  
3)  Evaluate  the  benefits  and  challenges  associated  with  empowering  methodologies  and  develop  a  set  of  online  educational  resources  that  enable  ongoing  researcher  development.


This project is a collaboration between the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi and The Open University Business School.

I work closely with:

Dr Sunita Singh Sengupta, Head and Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.

Email: sunita.singhsengupta@fms.edu

Dr Emma Bell, Professor of Organisation Studies at the Department for People and Organisations, The Open University Business School

Email: emma.bell@open.ac.uk

Dr Tim Butcher, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Studies, Department for People and Organisations, The Open University Business School

Email: tim.butcher@open.ac.uk