Organizational Power and the Institutional Review Board

Abstract

In this essay, we respond to the narratives and essays in this issue by examining organizational power issues related to researchers and institutional research boards (IRBs). Rather than taking a singular perspective on power, we use multiple perspectives and suggest that the cumulative analyses provide the best understanding of IRBs and organizational power.

Keywords:

• Institutional Review Board
• Applied Research

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Notes on contributors

Michael W. Kramer

Debbie S. Dougherty (Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln) is Assistant Professor and Michael W. Kramer (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin) is Chair and Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Correspondence to the authors at Department of Communication, 115 Switzler Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. [email protected]