Experts on organizational research methods have begun to highlight the importance of researchers’ intuition (i.e., ‘direct knowing’) and have called for more genuine method sections that acknowledge its use. However, using intuition contradicts established research standards of traceability. Hence, when intuition was involved in the research process, researchers must choose between reporting its role, thereby risking the impression of lacking scholarly rigor, and downplaying its role, thereby writing less-than-honest research reports. This conceptual article aims to provide a solution to this dilemma by conceptually exploring how intuition can be integrated in research such that scholarly rigor is maintained. Building on Weick’s distinction of creative imagination and validation, it argues that intuition can be legitimately seized if its functioning principles are taken into account and its outcomes are later validated through analytical procedures. The article synthesizes theoretical assumptions and empirical findings on characteristics of intuition with discussions of organizational research methods to derive implications on (i) points in the research process where researchers’ intuitions may be legitimately included and (ii) possible types of intuitive outcomes that may be reported. The article may contribute to both more genuine method sections and more rigorous research that systematically validates intuition, instead of hiding it.

组织研究方法的专家已经开始强调研究人员直觉（即“直接了解”）的重要性，并呼吁建立更真实的方法部分以确认其用法。但是，使用直觉与已建立的可追溯性研究标准相矛盾。因此，当直觉参与研究过程时，研究人员必须在报告其作用，冒着缺乏学术严谨感的印象和贬低其作用的印象之间做出选择，从而撰写不诚实的研究报告。本概念文章旨在通过概念上探索如何将直觉整合到研究中以保持学术上的严谨性，从而为这一难题提供解决方案。以Weick对创意想象力和验证力的区分为基础，它认为，如果考虑到直觉的功能原理并随后通过分析程序验证其直觉，则可以合理地把握直觉。这篇文章综合了关于直觉特性的理论假设和经验发现，并讨论了组织研究方法，以得出以下方面的含义：（i）研究过程中可以合理包括研究人员直觉的要点；（ii）可能的直观结果类型报告。本文可能会为更真实的方法部分和更严格的研究（系统地验证直觉而不是隐藏直觉）做出贡献。这篇文章综合了关于直觉特性的理论假设和经验发现，并讨论了组织研究方法，以得出以下方面的含义：（i）研究过程中可以合理包括研究人员直觉的要点；（ii）可能的直观结果类型报告。本文可能会为更真实的方法部分和更严格的研究（系统地验证直觉而不是隐藏直觉）做出贡献。这篇文章综合了关于直觉特征的理论假设和经验发现，并讨论了组织研究方法，以得出以下方面的含义：（i）研究过程中可以合理包括研究人员直觉的要点；（ii）可能的直观结果类型报告。本文可能会为更真实的方法部分和更严格的研究（系统地验证直觉而不是隐藏直觉）做出贡献。