Self-reflective inquiry practices

Abstract

This chapter seeks to show something of my version of the principles and practices of selfreflective inquiry. I firstly outline some of the attentional disciplines I use and aspire to. I then illustrate inquiry in action, drawing on my story of attending the American Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Chicago in August 1999. Through this material I explore themes of research as political process and as life process, and advocate paying attention to inquiry intentions.