Understanding Management Research : An Introduction to Epistemology.
Title:
Understanding Management Research : An Introduction to Epistemology.
Author:
Johnson, Phil.
ISBN:
9781412932554
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (206 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction - The Importance of Epistemology in Management Research -- 2 Positivist Epistemology - The Search for Foundations? -- 3 Positivism - The Management Mainstream? -- 4 Conventionalist Epistemology - The Socialization of Science? -- 5 Postmodernist Epistemology - Relativism Unleashed? -- 6 Critical Theory and Management - The Return to Rationalism and the Promise of Progress? -- 7 Pragmatism and Critical Realism - Transcending Descartes' Either/Or? -- 8 Conclusions - A More Reflexive Approach towards Management Research -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
An invaluable introduction for all students and researchers of management confronting a new research project. Understanding Management Research provides an overview of the principal epistemological debates in social science and how these lead to and are expressed in different ways of conceiving and undertaking organizational research.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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