The Undervalued Power of Self-Relevant Research: The Case of Researching Retirement While Retiring

For decades, management research training has emphasized objectivity, typically considered an arm’s-length distance between the research topic and the researcher’s personal interests. This emphasis has led scholars to avoid research topics of deep personal relevance—or at least to avoid acknowledging such relevance. We argue that this headlong pursuit of objectivity has led the field to vastly undervalue what we call self-relevant research:...