Jarzabkowski, P. orcid.org/0000-0001-8674-6628, Bednarek, R. orcid.org/0000-0001-8345-2106, Chalkias, K. orcid.org/0000-0001-5365-9579 et al. (4 more authors) (2025) Translating, co-creating, and performing: reflections on a 15-year journey for impact into the grand challenge of disaster insurance. Strategic Organization, 23 (1). pp. 79-97. ISSN 1476-1270
Abstract
The grand challenges society faces compel strategy and organization scholars to engage meaningfully with practice and contribute towards solution development. As global complexities escalate, the importance of addressing these challenges intensifies. While the notion of ‘impact’ in organization theory remains elusive, a recent surge in scholarly work highlights the tensions and challenges associated with conducting impact-driven research. In this essay, we reflect on our 15-year program of research into financial responses to disasters, illustrating the process of doing impact through activities of ‘translating, ‘co-creating’, and ‘performing’. We show how these activities fostered the emergence of new research questions, new collaborations, and novel impacts. Based on our journey, we generate four reflexive insights. Firstly, translating, co-creating, and performing are an iterative, rather than sequential, process in which these activities partly overlap and build cumulatively on each other. Secondly, a flexible yet robust impact object is crucial. Thirdly, while co-creation is indispensable, it is also, often, contentious. Lastly, impactful research necessitates humility, courage, and persistence.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The author. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Strategic Organization. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Qualitative Methods; RESEARCH METHODS; Field research; Knowledge creation; TOPICS AND PERSPECTIVES; Climate change; Markets |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2023 16:14 |
Last Modified: | 13 Jan 2025 14:52 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/14761270231218094 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:206149 |