In this response to Boje and Bushe’s commentaries on our article, Appreciative Inquiry as a Shadow Process, we argue that a reflexive ethical answerability regarding one’s role in constructing narratives can help bridge critical and appreciative inquiry and draw upon their inherent complementarities.
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