Relationality in organizational research: Exploring the space between

Relationships and interactions should be an important focus of attention in organizational scholarship. In contrast to traditional research approaches that focus on independent, discrete entities, methodologies oriented to re lational concerns in organizations allow researchers to study the intersubj ective and interdependent nature of organizational life. In addition to pro viding historical and philosophical bases for a perspective which emphasize s relationality, we review the growing number of methods that capture relat ional aspects of organizational life. Examples include network analysis, an d "complexity" modeling, correspondence analysis and participatory research , case study methods, the learning history approach, psychometrics, and act ion inquiry. Our goal is to establish a "palette" of methodological choices for the researcher interested in operationalizing a relational perspective within organizational research/practice.