The practice turn in organization research: Towards a disciplined
transdisciplinarity
This paper comments on Fauré and Rouleau (2011) and draws out implications for practicetheoretic
research in organizations more generally. In particular, it points to the potential for
the transdisciplinary application of practice theory, allowing issues, insights and methods to
be transferred between all the organization disciplines, not just accounting and strategy.
Responding to some recent criticisms of practice-theoretic research in organizations, the
paper argues that transdisciplinarity will be fostered by a disciplined approach to practice
theory, based on a commitment to social practices, and respect for agency, materiality, discourse,
the limits of social scientific knowledge and a refusal of reductionism.