%0 Journal Article
%T (Engaging or Avoiding) Change Through Reflexive Practices
%A Charlotta Windahl
%A Frank Siedlok
%A Hee Sun Kim
%A Lisa Callagher
%A Paul Hibbert
%J Journal of Management Inquiry
%@ 1552-6542
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1056492617718089
%X In this article, we explore the ways in which individuals deploy reflexive practices in order to avoid or engage with a call to change either oneself or the social context. We begin by developing a categorization of the modes of reflexive practice associated with avoidance or engagement. We go on to develop¡ªthrough a relationally reflexive research process¡ªthree contributions that build on this. First, we build an understanding of what a repertoire of reflexive practices may include, and ¡°what is going on¡± in such reflexive practices. Second, we explain how reflexive practices can be mobilizing, thereby enabling shifts between avoidance and engagement modes, or fix action within a single mode. Third, we develop an understanding of the ways in which emotions and relationships influence how reflexive practices of either kind are deployed
%K qualitative research
%K organization theory
%K work-life conflict/management
%K affect/emotions
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1056492617718089