"Two to the power of three: an exploration of metaphor for sense making" by Louise Grisoni and Margaret Page

Organization Management Journal

Article Title

Two to the power of three: an exploration of metaphor for sense making in (women’s) collaborative inquiry

Authors

Louise Grisoni, University of the West of England
Margaret Page, University of the West of England

Abstract

This paper explores how working with metaphors provides a way to explore under the surface dynamics embedded in the practice and processes of collaborative inquiry. We argue that metaphors are a form of presentational knowing and provide a bridge between experiential knowing and propositional knowing. We have surfaced an exploration of horizontal (sibling) and vertical relations using retrospective inquiry. This paper demonstrates the reality, messiness and politics of collaborative research inquiry processes, which tend to be understudied and under-theorized. We are concerned to affirm the value of collaborative inquiry, and at the same time, break some taboos and myths concerning the practice of this form of inquiry, in particular, between and among women. We hope that our work will provide an impetus to further research in this territory.

Recommended Citation

Grisoni, Louise and Page, Margaret (2010) "Two to the power of three: an exploration of metaphor for sense making in (women’s) collaborative inquiry," Organization Management Journal: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarship.shu.edu/omj/vol7/iss1/4

Download

Included in

Organizational Behavior and Theory Commons, Organizational Communication Commons

COinS