Too Close or Optimally Positioned? The Value of Personally Relevant Research
探讨了学者从事个人相关研究（即与自身经历或所属群体相关的研究）的价值，指出尽管存在偏见，但有效处理个人联系可增强研究的可信度和影响力，并提供了六篇相关文章的见解。
Much of organizational research is inspired by the real-life experiences of scholars. Yet pervading our field and much of social science is a stigma against engaging in personally relevant research, defined as research that addresses questions in which scholars are personally invested or involves a population to which they belong or in which they hold a personal interest. Scholars are routinely cautioned about pursuing such projects, and those who choose to do so are often advised to conceal or downplay personal connections in their published work. This hesitation is grounded in assumptions that scholars cannot maintain objectivity while addressing issues of personal significance, so the quality of such work is suspect. On the contrary, this symposium argues that, when navigated effectively, personal connections to one’s research reinforce its trustworthiness and may enhance rather than detract from its quality and impact. In this symposium six diverse research articles offer valuable insights developed from authors’ experience of conducting personally relevant research. We discuss the challenges, opportunities, implications, and importance of personally relevant research for scholars, reviewers, and society.