Interdisciplinarity with Accountability: Advancing Management Theory by Demarginalizing the Knowledge Pipeline

Frédéric Dosquet

doi:10.63029/p2zh3184

Authors

Frédéric Dosquet Eklore-ed School Of Management Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63029/p2zh3184

Keywords:

interdisciplinarity, theory development, marginalization, knowledge production, epistemic justice, boundary work, management journals

Abstract

Interdisciplinary research is increasingly positioned as a route to relevance and theoretical renewal in management scholarship, especially as grand challenges demand integration across domains, methods, and epistemic communities. Yet “interdisciplinarity” often becomes a label rather than a disciplined practice: integration can be superficial, while the knowledge and people most affected by the phenomena under study remain marginal to theory building. Building on recent editorial arguments about the promises and pitfalls of interdisciplinary theory development and on calls to demarginalize the production pipeline that defines what counts as legitimate knowledge, this editorial advances a program for accountable interdisciplinarity in management research.

Author Biography

Frédéric Dosquet, Eklore-ed School Of Management

Frédéric Dosquet is a Professor in Marketing. Frédéric Dosquet holds a HDR (accreditation to supervise PhD) from University of Toulouse (France) and a PhD from the University of Pau (France) and joined The Eklore-ed School Of Management (Paris, Pau) in 2011. Dr Frederic Dosquet has expertise and interests in marketing, communication, tourism development and public management issues. He has published 20 books, more than 15 chapters and more than 30 academic articles in ranked international journals. He is also often invited in the media (tv, radio, press) as an expert.

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